Currently showing entries for ए e and ऐ ai · 664 entries · Monier-Williams, 1872
Spelling long ā; e (always long); marked Ved. (Vedic).
Pronunciation /eːhɪmɑːjə/ pronunciation key
adjective (nom. m./f./n. -as, -ā, -am); Vedic
= ahi-māya, q.v., an epithet of the Viśvedevās; (Sāy.) of all-pervading intelligence; or these deities may be so named because they uttered on one occasion the words ‘Come near, do not go away’ (ehi mā yāsīḥ. See Ṛg-veda 1. 3, 9).
not given.
Source and licence. Monier Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Etymologically and Philologically Arranged (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1872; first edition). Digital text: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries (MW72, csl-orig/v02/mw72), © Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon project contributors, Cologne University, accessed 7 October 2026, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, provided without warranty.
Changes made here: entries for ए e and ऐ ai only; meanings trimmed for length and MW abbreviations expanded; Devanagari generated from the SLP1 keys with indic_transliteration; spelling notes, IPA pronunciations and labelled (“inferred”/“not given”) etymologies added. This adapted dictionary text is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. Fonts: Noto Serif and Noto Serif Devanagari (SIL Open Font License).
