1 Superiority in place, rank, or power, (over, upon, against, above:)
2 Proximity, (near:)
3 Separation, (severally:)
4 Wish, desire:
5 Conjunction, particularizing, (to, with respect to.) Thus abhikramituṃ to overpower; abhigantuṃ to approach; abhikhyātuṃ to speak to; abhibhava disgrace; abhilāṣa desire; abhyagniṃ on the fire, &c.
E. a neg. bhā to shine, and ki aff.
implying the notion of proximity, hence of conjunction,
relation, superiority, excess, in their literal and metapho-
rical acceptations (and thus becoming in many instances
synonymous as well with ā, anu as with adhi, api,
ati); it is used either as a prefix to verbs, and as such,
in the Vedas and archaic passages of the classical literature,
also detached from the verb (very much in the same man-
ner as German prepositions when connected with verbs):
or as a separable preposition: or, in the Vedas and archaic
passages of the classical literature, as an adverb. With
nouns it may form Tatpur., Bahuvr. and Avyayībh. com-
pounds. It appears, too, in the protracted form abhī; e. g.
(ved.) abhī ṣu ṇaḥ, and comp. abhīka, abhīghāta, abhīṣaṅga &c.
1. (as a prefix to verbs it means) 1 Towards, to (im-
plying proximity); e. g. gam or i or yā, with abhi, ‘to
go towards, to approach’; kram or dhāv, with abhi, ‘to
attack’; vah with abhi, ‘to carry towards’; vad with abhi,
‘to salute’; in many instances where the radical itself im-
plies this notion, it increases merely the power of the verbal
meaning and becomes often untranslateable in English; e. g.
pīḍ ‘to squeeze, to vex’ has the same meaning, but in an
increased degree, with abhi, grah with abhi means, like
grah, ‘to receive’; bharts ‘to reproach, to threaten’ has the
same sense with abhi; han with abhi means the same as
han &c. 2 Towards, for, against (implying relation, when
the same remark applies as before); e. g. laṣ with abhi,
‘to desire, to wish for’, rādh with abhi, ‘to be favourable
towards’, druh with abhi, ‘to have animosity against’;
yuj with abhi (esp. pass.), ‘to bring an action against,
to accuse’. 3 On, upon (implying contiguity and answer-
ing frequently the cognate English be-); e. g. su with abhi,
‘to pour the juice of the Soma upon’, sic with abhi,
‘to sprinkle upon, to be-sprinkle, jan with abhi, ‘to be
be-got’. 4 On, above, over (implying superiority or master-
ship); e. g. bhū or as (cl. 2.) with abhi, ‘to overpower’;
as (cl. 1. or cl. 4.) with abhi, ‘to study’ (comp. gam, i
&c. with adhi).
2. (as a separable preposition) with a noun following
or preceding in the accusative; 1 Towards, to, in the di-
rection of; e. g. Vājas.: suprajāḥ prajāḥ prajanayanparīhyabhi rā-
yaspoṣeṇa yajamānam; or Manu: taṃ cedabhyudiyātsūryaḥ &c.; (comp.
s. v. abhinirmukta); or comm. on Pāṇ.: vṛkṣamabhi vidyotate vidyut.
2 Towards, with regard to (implying relation); e. g. Ṛgv. or Vā-
jas.: tripādūrdhva udaitpuruṣaḥ pādo'syehābhavatpunaḥ . tato vi-
ṣvaṅvyakrāmatsāśanānaśane abhi; or Siddh. K.: bhakto harimabhi.
3 For the sake of, on behalf of, on account of; e. g. Sāmav.:
yatra na pūrve pitaraḥ padajñā svarvido abhi gā adrimiṣṇan; or
Bhaṭṭik.: abhi dyotiṣyate rāmo bhavantamacirādiha. 4 In, on;
e. g. Ṛgv.: sadhrīcīnena manasā tamindra ojiṣṭhena hanmanāhannabhi
dyūn ‘…on certain days’; or yatte gātrādagninā pacyamānā-
dabhi śūlaṃ (on the spit) nihatasyāvadhāvati &c. 5 Over (im-
plying dominion, mastership); e. g. Ṛgv.: sa tu śrudhi śrutyā
yo duvoyurdyaurna bhūmābhi rāyo aryaḥ. 6 By (implying distri-
bution), severally; e. g. comm. on Pāṇ.: vṛkṣaṃ vṛkṣamabhi siñcati
or devaṃ devamabhi siñcati.
3. (as adverb) 1 Before, in front of, towards; e. g.
Ṛgv.: or Atharv.: gā na vrāṇā avanīramucadabhi śravo dāvane
sacetāḥ (scil. indraḥ), where Sāyaṇa explains abhi with the
ellipsis dadāti (abhyābhimukhyena dadātīti śeṣaḥ). 2 All round,
everywhere, entirely (comp. abhitas); e. g. Ṛgv: abhi
tvā deva savitarīśānaṃ vāryāṇām . sadāvanbhāgamīmahe (where
tvā is not to be connected with abhi, but with īmahe; Sā-
yaṇa: tvāṃ prati bhāgaṃ bhajanīyaṃ dhanamabhi sarvata īmahe); or Sā-
mav. or Vājas.: abhi tyaṃ devaṃ savitāramoṇyoḥ kavikratumarcāmi
satyasavaṃ ratnadhāmabhi priyaṃ matim; or Śāntip. of the Mahābh.:
dhanāddharmaḥ prabhavati śailādabhi nadī yathā.
4. (in composition with nouns) a. Tatpur. 1 if it is upapada,
it retains the meaning which it has as prefix to the radical;
e. g. in abhikrama, abhighāta, abhiṣeka &c.; 2 if it is not u-
papada, it implies superiority or excess: excellently, very,
very much; e. g. abhidharma, abhinīta, abhyadhika.
b. Bahuvr. 1 Towards, in the direction of; e. g. abhi-
manas, abhimukha, abhidyu, 2 Excellently, very, very much;
e. g. abhirūpa, abhyaṅka, abhikratu.
c. Avyayībh. Towards, in the direction of; e. g. abhya-
gni, abhidakṣiṇam, abhivātam. E. doubtful; the native E.
a neg. and bhi (bhā, uṇ. aff. ki) is not very plausible.
See bhi and the Preface.
Chr. 295, 10 = Rigv. i. 92, 10. II. prep.
with acc. To, Ved. Chr. 287, 7 = Rigv.
i. 48, 7; over, Chr. 292, 5 = Rigv. i. 86,
5. III. Combined and compounded
with verbs and their derivatives. IV.
Former part of compounded nouns and
adverbs implying Towards, in presence
of, very, cf. e. g. abhitāmra; Quite,
cf. abhinava. — Cf. Goth. bī. The ori-
ginal form of this indeclinable was
probably ambhi = Gr. Lat. amb
in amb-ire; O.H.G. umbi.
1. Superiority in place,
rank, or power, (over, upon, against, above:)
2. Proximity,
(near:)
3. Separation, (severally:)
4. Wish, desire:
5. Conjunction,
particularizing, (to, with respect to.) Thus abhikramituṃ to overpower;
abhigantuṃ to approach; abhikhyātuṃ to speak to; abhibhava disgrace; abhilāṣa
desire; abhyagniṃ on the fire, &c.
E. a neg. bhā to shine, and ki aff.
1) adv.
a) herbei: rathâṃ devāso àbhi vìkṣu vā̂jàyum ṚV. 2, 31, 2. Gegens. apa (s. d.). Sehr häufig in Verbindung mit Wurzeln der Bewegung.
— b) hinein: abhyabhi (in die Becher) somānunnayanti KĀTY. ŚR. 22, 10, 5.
— c) oben, in der Höhe (?): dhanāddharmaḥ prabhavati śailādabhi nadī yathā MBH. 12, 228. Vgl. abhikrama .
— d) in Zusammensetzungen mit einem nomen drückt abhi eine Steigerung aus; vgl. abhidharma, abhitāmra, abhinamra, abhinava .
— 2) praep. mit folg. oder vorang. acc.
a) zu - her, zu - hin, nach - hin, gegen: pra taṃ nâya pratàraṃ vasyò acchā̀bhi sùmnaṃ dèvabhâktam ṚV. 10, 45, 9. sa mānûṣīràbhi viśò vi bhā̂ti 7, 5, 2. vājā̂m̐ àbhi pâvamānà pra gā̂hase 9, 110, 2. 1, 31, 18. 45, 8. 48, 7. 119, 1. 8, 82, 4. 10, 18, 8. SV. II, 9, 3, 6, 2. ŚAT. BR. 1, 2, 3, 4. 4, 1, 5, 16. 6, 6, 1, 12. 11, 5, 5, 6. puruṣamabhyāvṛttam nach dem p. hingekehrt 7, 5, 1, 7. agnimabhi śalabhāḥ patanti P. 2, 1, 14, Sch. vṛkṣamabhi dyotate 1, 4, 91, Sch. Verbindet sich mit dem obj. auch zu einem adv. comp.: śaram - śabdaṃ prati gajaprepsurabhilakṣyamapātayam DAŚ. 1, 22. abhyagni śalabhāḥ patanti P. 2, 1, 14, Sch. abhyarkabimbaṃ sthitaḥ ŚĀK. 170. Dies ist das abhi ābhimukhye ( NIR. 1, 3. P. 2, 1, 14. H. an. 7, 36. MED. avy. 49.) und lakṣaṇe ( P. 1, 4, 91. 2, 1, 14. H. an.) oder cihne (VOP. 5, 7. mit dem Beispiele: prājño govindamabhi tiṣṭhati ein Weiser hält sich zu Gov.).
— b) in - hinein: abhi śuklāni ca kṛṣṇāni ca lomāni niṣyūto (eingeflochten) bhavati (rukmaḥ) ŚAT. BR. 11, 5, 5, 6; vgl. das zweite Beispiel u. h.
— c) um, für (d. h. zur Gewinnung von): ète âsṛgràmindâvastìraḥ pàvitrâmā̀śavâḥ . viśvā̂nyàbhi saubhâgā 9, 62, 1. yenā̂ nàḥ pūrvê pìtarâḥ padàjñāḥ svàrvidô àbhi gā adrîmùṣṇan 97, 39. 1, 33, 11. 61, 10. yàmabhi (so ist zu lesen) kā̀mamùttarāṇi havī̀ṃṣi nirvàpati ŚAT. BR. 2, 2, 1, 5.
— d) aus Anlass von, wegen: ànyasyâ cìttamàbhi sâṃcàreṇyamùtādhī̂tàṃ vi nâśyati ṚV. 1, 170, 1. pavâmānā asṛkṣatà somā̂ḥ śùkrāsà indâvaḥ . àbhi viśvā̂nì kāvyā̂ .. 9, 63, 25.
— e) gegen, in Bezug auf, auf, über: etaddha sma sa tadabhyāha (so ist zu lesen) ŚAT. BR. 1, 1, 2, 11. kṣatriyamabhyavivādinīm 3, 9, 3, 3. tasya tvayamātmā yāvadidamabhyayamagnirvihitaḥ 8, 1, 4, 1. 7, 2, 4, 28. 11, 5, 5, 12. āttamabhi mimīte KĀTY. ŚR. 10, 1, 5. śāntasaṃkalpaḥ sumanā yathā syādvītamanyurgautamo mābhi KAṬHOP. 1, 10. sādhurdevadatto mātaramabhi P. 1, 4, 91, Sch. na tāmabhi kruddho (BOLL. verbindet) muniḥ VIKR. 36, 1. anyo'nyamabhi saṃrabdhau (vgl. tvāmeva prati saṃrabdhaḥ R. 6, 4, 30. GORR. verbindet an beiden Orten die praep. mit dem partic.; übrigens kommt 6, 3, 17. auch ein abhisaṃrabdha ohne obj. vor, und anyo'nyam kann füglich auch als adv. gefasst werden) R. 6, 76, 32. Dies ist das abhi itthaṃbhūtākhyāne P. 1, 4, 91. itthaṃbhūtakathane MED. avy. 49. itthaṃbhūte H. an. 7, 36. itthaṃbhāve VOP. 5, 7. (mit dem Beispiele: bhakto-vibhumabhi dem Viṣṇu zugethan, sein Anhänger).
— f) bei (mit verbb. des Bittens. zur Bezeichnung dessen, bei welchem gebeten wird): àbhi tvā̂ deva savitarbhā̀gamī̂mahe ṚV. 1, 24, 3. àbhi dèvām̐ iyâkṣate 9, 11, 1.
— g) über: dyaurna bhūmā̀bhi ṚV. 6, 36, 5. sā̀hvānviśvā̂ àbhi spṛdhâḥ 9, 20, 1. kenā̀bhi màhnā parvâtā̀nkenà karmā̂ṇì pūrûṣaḥ AV. 10, 2, 18. Verbindet sich mit dem reg. Worte zu einem comp., s. abhivāsas . Vgl. as und bhū mit abhi .
— h) in distrib. Bed. (vīpsāyām) P. 1, 4, 91. VOP. 5, 7. H. an. 7, 36. vṛkṣaṃ vṛkṣamabhi siñcati er begiesst einen Baum nach dem andern P. 1, 4, 91, Sch. bhūtaṃ bhūtamabhi prabhuḥ Viṣṇu ist in jedem Wesen VOP. 5, 7. - MED. avy. 49. wird noch ein abhi abhilāṣe erwähnt, wobei an abhilāṣa selbst, an abhikāṅkṣā u. s. w. gedacht worden ist. — abhi schliesst sich theils allein, theils mit andern praepp. an eine grosse Anzahl von Verbalwurzeln an. Nicht selten entspricht abhi der deutschen Partikel be: varṣ regnen, abhivarṣ beregnen, u. s. w.
— 2)
a) sakhyā vaktramabhi prayacchati paraṃ paryaśruṇī locane Spr. 1425. — abhi fehlerhaft für adhi Spr. 4390.
Erstes Glied einer Zusammensetzung in den nächstfolgenden Worten.
Richtungswort, gefügt zu den Verben: aj, añj, am, ar, arṣ, av, 1. as, i, idh, iyakṣ, īkṣ, ud, 2. ūh, ṛñj, kāś, krand, kram, kṣad, kṣam, kṣar, ksip, khyā, gam, 1. 2. gā, gāh, gur, 1. gir, ghrā, cakṣ, car, jan, juṣ, taṃs, 1. tan, tar, tṛd, tsár, dabh, dah, dās, 2. dī, drā, dru, druh, dhanv, dham, 1. dhā, dhāv, dhī, nakṣ, 2. naś, nī, 1. 2. nu, pad, 1. pā, pi, piś, pū, prath, pru, pruṣ, bādh, bhañj, bhā, bhū, bhṛ, mad, 1. man, mantray, mand, (mur), mṛdh, mṛś, mlā, yaj, (yam), yas, yā, yuj, yudh, rakṣ, (rabh), ruh, lī, vaj, van, valg, vaś, 2. vas, vah, 1. vā, vāś, vij, vivās, vī, 1. vṛ, vṛt, vṛdh, vṛṣ, vyā, vraj, vlag, śaṃs, śās, śuc, śubh, śnath, 1. śru, śvas, sac, sad, san, sap, sah, sṛj, stan, stu, sthā, spaś, sru, svar, han, hary, hvṛ.
Präp. m. Acc. 1) zu — hin … mitrám {534,10}; … náras {363,7}; … nas {264,11}; {327,3} (durch su getrennt). 4; … viśas {521,2}; … mā́nuṣān {48,7}; … vatsám {725,7}; śaktím … {230,7}; … vásyas {31,18}; … sumnám {871,9}; … jīvalokám {844,8}; … práyas {45,8}; {119,1}; {134,1}; {626,42}; {652,29}; {683,14}; {702,24}; … práyāṃsi {457,44}; {819,25}; … śū́lam {162,11}; … dhā́ma {121,6}; sadhástham … {733,3}; … priyátame sadhásthe {843,6}; … kṣā́m {459,13}; {534,16}; … dróṇāni {715,1}; {745,2}; drúṇā {810,2}; sāśanānaśané … {916,4}; … śukrā́m upastíram {774,28}. 2) zu = um zu erlangen … śrávas {61,10}; krátum … {450,5}; … saúbhagā {774,1}; … víśvāni kā́viā {775,25}; gā́s … {784,3}; … gā́s {809,39}; … dyū́n {33,11}; {190,4}. 3) über — hinaus, überragend, übertreffend … dyā́m {945,8}; bhū́ma … {477,5}; carṣaṇī́s … {86,5}; {303,4}; {377,1}; {440,2}; {531,2}; kṣitī́s {248,4}; páñca bhū́ma {585,2}; víśvā jātā́ {697,4}; bhúvanā … {250,4}; {822,9}; pátnīs … {398,5}; paṇī́n … {675,10}; … śríyas {278,2}. 4) um — willen: vratā́ {892,9}.
In {798,36} ist zu abhí zu ergänzen arṣanti aus dem abhí arṣasi des vorhergehenden Verses; in {33,9} abhavas oder ähnliches.
— 1) Adv.
— a) herbei.
— b) darüber hinaus.
— 2) Praep.
— a) mit Acc.
— α) zu — her , zu — hin , nach — hin , gegen.
— β) in — hinein ŚAT. BR. 6,7,1,7.
— γ) um , für , zur Gewinnung von.
— δ) über — hinaus.
— ε) um — willen.
— ζ) gegen , in Bezug auf , auf , über.
— η) *in distributiver Bed. , die aber schon im wiederholten Acc. liegt.
— b) mit Abl.
— α) mit Ausschluss von , ohne ṚV. 1,139,8. 10,25,3.
— β) hervor , — aus Spr. 3573 (wohl fehlerhaft für adhi).
bhi, quod convenit cum casuum terminationibus bhyam,
bhis, bhyām, bhyas) ad, versus. (Gr. insertâ na-
sali sicut in contra ubhau; lat. ob, amb; germ. vet.
umbi, nostrum um; slav. ob; cf. etiam adverb. slav.
abje statim. Huc quoque retulerim nostrum bei, goth.
bî, abjecto a initiali, sicut in sanscr. praeter api etiam
pi dicitur; porro praefixum be, goth. bi.)
(29) ambativadrūpāṇi sarvāṇi jñeyāni .