abhīśu

abhīśu m. (-śuḥ)

1 A ray of light.

2 A rein. f. (-śuḥ) A finger.

E. abhi before aśū to pervade, u affix, derivative irregular, See abhīṣu.

a-bhīśu (śuḥ) 2. m. A ray of light;
love; a reign. 2. f. A finger.

abhīśu Tatpur. m. (-śuḥ) ¹ (ved.) Finger (Nighantu: = aṅgu-

li); e. g. Ṛgv.: sthirā vaḥ santu nemayo rathā aśvāsa

eṣām . susaṃskṛtā abhīśavaḥ (Sāy.: = aṅgulayaḥ); or daśā-

bhīśubhyo arcatajarebhyo daśa dhuro daśa yuktā vahadbhyaḥ (Durga to

Yāska: ‘abhyaśnuvate karmāṇi’, abhīśavo'pyaṅgulaya eva tā

abhyaśnuvate karmāṇi vyāpnuvantītyarthaḥ . anekairnāmabhiraṅgulaya evo-

ktāḥ). ² (ved.) Arm (Nigh.: = bāhu). ³ (ved.) A ray of

light (Nigh.: = raśmi); see Durga at the end. ⁴ A rein

(Nigh.: = raśmi); e. g. Ṛgv., Vājas.: rathe tiṣṭhannayati vā-

jinaḥ puro yatrayatra kāmayate suṣārathiḥ . abhīśūnāṃ mahimānaṃ

panāyata manaḥ paścādanu yacchanti raśmayaḥ (Sāy., Mahīdh.: =

raśmīnām); or Vājas.: suṣārathiraśvāniva yanmanuṣyānnenī-

yate'bhīśubhirvājina iva (Mahīdh.: = pragrahaiḥ); or Ṛgv.:

anaśvo jāto anabhīśurarvā (Sāy.: = ālambanādhārapragraha-

sthānīyaraśmirahitaḥ). Comp. abhīṣu. E. (Yāska, Sāyaṇa,

&c.) aś with abhi, uṇ. aff. uṇ, with an irregular con-

traction in the second syllable (compare e. g. abhīkṣṇa);

‘finger’ and ‘arm’ because they perform work; or perhaps

because they move quickly, ‘finger’ being derived in several

synonymes from radicals implying motion, comp. aṅguli,

agrū, athari &c.; ‘rays of light’ metaph. as fingers of the

sun; or perhaps because they ‘pervade; ‘rein’ esp. of the

horses of the sun, metaph. as the rays; but acc. to Durga

the two latter meanings would seem to refer to another E.,

viz. a rad. implying checking, restraining, ‘for the rays

check the water and the reins horses’; perhaps īś with

abhi, kṛt aff. u; Durga to Yāska on Nigh. 1. 5. (raśmirya-

manātteṣāmāditaḥ sādhāraṇāni pañcāśvaraśmibhiḥ): āditya-

saṃbandhenaiva raśmināmānyuttarāṇi pañcadaśa . raśmiryamanāduda-

kasya . aśvānāṃ vā.

abhīśu abhīśu, i. e. abhi-īś + u, m. A

bridle, Śāk. 5, 15.

abhīśu abhīśu or less correctly abhīṣu, us,

m. (rt. īś or 1. aś with abhi?), Ved. rein, bridle; arm,

finger; ray of light. —1. abhīṣu-mat, ān, atī, at,

splendid, brilliant.

abhī́śu m. rein; ray.

abhīśu abhī́śu, m. bridle; ray: -mat, a. radiant;
m. sun.

abhī́śu m. (fr. √ 1. aś with abhi, Nir. iii, 9), chiefly Ved. rein, bridle, RV. &c.

ray of light, Naigh.

(through incorrect interpretation of dáśābhīśu, q.v.) arm, finger, Naigh.

N. of a Ṛṣi, VBr.

abhīśu

m. (-śuḥ)

1. A ray of light.

2. A rein.

f. (-śuḥ) A finger.

E. abhi
before aśū to pervade, u affix, derivative irregular. See abhīṣu.

abhīśu abhīśu m. rayon de lumière.

Bride.

F. abhīśu doigt.

abhīśu- m. rêne; rayon (de lumière); -mant- a. brillant; m. soleil.

abhī́śu m.

1) Zügel NAIGH. 1, 5. àbhīśū̂nāṃ mahìmānâṃ panāyatà manâḥ pàścādanû yacchanti ràśmayâḥ ṚV. 6, 75, 6. utpū̀ṣaṇâṃ yuvāmahe 'bhīśū̂ṃrivà sārâthiḥ 57, 6. 1, 38, 12. 5, 44, 4. 8, 33, 11. AV. 6, 137, 2. 8, 8, 22. VS. 34, 6. ŚAT. BR. 5, 4, 3, 14. ŚĀK. 5, 15. daśā̂bhīśu ṚV. 10, 94, 7; daraus missverständlich NAIGH. 2, 4. 5. die Bedeutungen: Arm, Finger. Im comp. anabhīśu, smadabhīśu, svabhīśu, hiraṇyābhīśu .

— 2) Lichtstrahl NAIGH. 1, 5. H. 99. HALĀY. im ŚKDR. — Wohl von īś mit abhi; von aś nach NIR. 3, 9 : abhīśavo 'bhyaśnuvate karmāṇi .

— Vgl. abhīṣu .

abhīśu

3) N. pr. eines Ṛṣi mit dem patron. Āṅgirasa Ind. St.3,203,a.

— Vgl. ābhīśava .

abhīśu, m., der Zügel [als der bemeisternde, entweder von aś mit abhí (bemeistern) oder von īś mit abhi, obwol letztere Zusammenfügung nicht nachweisbar ist].

-avas {38,12}; {415,2}; {653,11}.

-ūn {498,6}.

-ubhis {398,4}.

-ūnām mahimā́nam {516,6}.

abhī́śu m.

— 1) Zügel.

— 2) Lichtstrahl ŚIŚ. 1,22.

— 3) *Finger ; *Arm.

— 4) N.pr. eines Rṣi.

abhī́śu m. Zügel, Lichtstrahl.

abhīśu;
rociḥ śocirabhīśuḥ pradyotagabhastiraśmighṛṇikiraṇāḥ .
rucirugdīdhitidīptidyutiprabhābhāvibhābhāsaḥ .. 38 ..
usradhāmavasuketumarīcipragrahopadhṛtivṛṣṇimayūkhāḥ .
aṃśubhānukarapādavirokā gāva ityabhihitāstu samānāḥ .. 39 ..
1.1.1.38

abhīśu pu0 abhi + aśa—un pṛ0 ata ittvam . 1 vāhau
“abhīśavo'bhyaśnuvate karmmaṇi” niru0 . 2 aśvarajjau .
“sthirā vasantu neyoratho aśvā sa eṣāṃ susaṃskṛtā abhī-
śavaḥ” ṛ0 1, 138, 12, . 3 kiraṇe “praphullatāpiñcha-
nibhairabhīśubhiḥ” māghaḥ “suyantubhiḥ sarvaśāsairabhī-
śubhiḥ” ṛ0 5, 44, 4, abhīśubhiḥ raśmibhiḥ” bhā0 .
4 “aṅgulau ca abhīśavo'ṅgulayaḥ” ṛ0 bhā0 ukteḥ .

Abhīśu is a common Vedic word¹ denoting the ‘reins’ or

‘bridle’ of the chariot horses. The use of the plural is due to

the fact that two or four horses, possibly five (daśābhīśu ‘ten-

bridled’),² were yoked to the car. [Footnote] 1) Rv. i. 38, 12; v. 44, 4; vi. 75, 6;

viii. 33, 11; Av. vi. 137, 2; viii. 8, 22;

Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, xxxiv. 6; Śata-

patha Brāhmaṇa, v. 4, 3, 14 (where it

= raśmayaḥ, ‘reins’), etc. [Footnote] 2) Rv. x. 94, 7.