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    See also anila, anilaḥ.


    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 81, col. 1.
    anira (ved.) I. Bahuvr. m. f. n. (-raḥ-rā-ram) Without food,

    without an offering (of clarified butter). E. a priv. and irā.

    II. Tatpur. f. (-rā) Want of food, famine, calamity,

    distress. E. a neg. and irā.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    p. 30, col. 2.
    anira an-ira, as, ā, am, Ved. destitute of

    food (or vigour ?), or of a sacrificial offering; (ā), f.

    want of food (languor?).

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 64, col. 3.
    anira a. [na īrayituṃ śakyate, īr-ka pṛ° thasvaḥ] That cannot be propelled or driven along; apa tyā asthuranirā Rv. 8. 48. 11 (prerayitumaśakya).

    1 Want of food; utter destitution (annarahitadāridryaṃ); yuyutamasmadanirāmamīvāṃ Rv. 7. 71. 2.

    2 [nāsti irā annaṃ yasyāḥ paṃ. ba.] A calamity such as ativṛṣṭi, anāvṛṣṭi (= īti).

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 19.
    anirá a. strengthless, weak; abstr. ánirā f.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    p. 29, col. 3.
    an-irá mfn. destitute of vigour, RV. iv, 5, 14

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 86.
    anira a. [na īrayituṃ śakyate, īr-ka pṛ˚ hrasvaḥ] That cannot be propelled or driven along; apa tyā asthuranirā Rv.8.48.11 (prerayitumaśakya). - 1 Want of food; utter destitution (annarahitadāridryam); yuyutamasmadanirāmamīvām Rv.7.71.2. -2 [nāsti irā annaṃ yasyāḥ paṃ. ba.] A calamity such as ativṛṣṭi, anāvṛṣṭi (= īti).

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    vol. 1, p. 191.
    anirá (3. a + irā) adj. kraftlos, matt: ànìreṇà vacâsā phàlgvêna pràtītyêna kṛ̀dhunā̂tṛ̀pāsâḥ ṚV. 4, 5, 14.

    Grassmann Wörterbuch zum Rig Veda

    p. 57.
    an-irá, a., ohne Saft und Kraft (írā), matt.

    -éṇa {301,14} vácasā.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    vol. 1, p. 48, col. 2.
    anirá Adj. kraftlos , matt.

    Bergaigne Études sur le lexique du Ṛgveda

    p. 65.