Ayu, Ā: 26 definitions
Introduction:
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: Bhagavata PuranaĀ (आय�):—One of the six sons of Purūrav (son of Budha) by the womb of Urvaśī. His sons were called Nahuṣa, Kṣatravṛddha, Rajī, Rbha and Anen. (see Bhgavata Purṇa 9.15.1, 9.17.1-3)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Ā (आय�).—A son of Prṇa and Ūrjasvatī: a Vasu;1 Father of Vaitaṇḍya and others.2
1b) The son of Puruhotra, and father of Stvata.*
- * Bhgavata-purṇa IX. 24. 6.
1c) One of the six sons of Purūravas and Urvaśī; wife Prabh, Rhu's daughter; father of five sons, Nahuṣa, Vṛddhaśarman, Rju, Dambha, and Vippman, all of them expert warriors.*
- * Bhgavata-purṇa IX. 15. 1; 17. 1; Brahmṇḍa-purṇa III. 66. 22, 90; 67. 1; Matsya-purṇa 24. 33-5; V-purṇa 91. 51; Viṣṇu-purṇa IV. 6. 73; 7. 1; 8. 1-3.
1d) A son of Kṛṣṇa and Bhadr.*
- * Bhgavata-purṇa X. 61. 17.
1e) The sage presiding over the month of ṣy.*
- * Bhgavata-purṇa XII. 11. 42.
1f) (Śuci Agni). Father of Mahiṣa.*
- * Brahmṇḍa-purṇa II. 12. 38-40.
1g) A .*
- * Brahmṇḍa-purṇa II. 33. 13.
1h) The Agni that lives in 貹ś.*
- * V-purṇa 29. 37.
1i) A son of Aṅgirasa; father of Amvasu.*
- * V-purṇa 65. 105; 73. 5.
Ā (आय�) is a name mentioned in the Ѳٲ (cf. I.90.7) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Ѳٲ (mentioning Ā) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 śǰ첹 (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical studyĀ (आय�) or Ās is one of the six sons of Aila Purūravas, according to the ղṃśnܳٲ section of the 10th century ܰܰṇa: one of the various Upapurṇas depicting Śaivism.—Accordingly, [...] Aila Purūravas, the most illustrious pious king gets married to Urvaśī, the heavenly damsel who is cursed by Brahm to spend sometime here on earth. Purūravas begets on her six sons—Ā, Mayu, Am, Viśv, Śat and Śrut. All these are celebrated like Semi-divine beings (devayonaya). Ā got married to the daughter of Svarbhnu and became the father of five sons who were quite famous and well known. Nahuṣa was the eldest of them.

The Purana (पुरा�, purṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsĀ (आय�):�1. span of life , 2. continious combination of sattva, atma, sharira, indriya

Ārveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Ārveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: Encyclopedia of Jainism: Tattvartha Sutra 8: Bondage of karmasĀ (आय�) refers to “lifespan determining (karmas)� and represents one of the eight types of Prakṛti-bandha (species bondage): one of the four kinds of bondage (bandha) according to the 2nd-century Tattvrthasūtra chapter 8.—Accordingly, “what is meant by lifespan determining karma ()? The karmas which give the living body existence in the four destinies (hell, heaven, human and sub human) are called lifespan determining karma�.
There are of four different types of life determining () karma:
- heavenly/celestial realms or states of existence (deva or dev),
- infernal /hellish realms or states of existence (naraka or nrak),
- human realms or states of existence (Գṣy or manuṣy),
- sub-human realms or states of existence (animal and plant) (پⲹñ or tiryañc).
Out of the four realms which destinies are the auspicious and/or inauspicious? The three realms i.e. heavenly, human and sub-human are auspicious and the heavenly realm is inauspicious.

Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Ayu in Yoruba is the name of a plant defined with Allium sativum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Porrum ophioscorodon Rchb. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Gardeners Dictionary, ed. 8
· Species Plantarum (1753)
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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary: (nt.) age.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryĀ, (nt.) (Vedic s; Av. , gradation form of same root as Gr. ai)w/n “aeon�, ai)έn always; Lat. aevum, Goth. aiws. Ohg. ēwa, io always; Ger. ewig eternal; Ags. ē eternity, always (cp. ever and aye)) life, vitality, duration of life, longevity D. III, 68, 69, 73, 77; S. III, 143 (usm ca); IV, 294; A. I, 155; II, 63, 66 (addh°); III, 47; IV, 76, 139; Sn. 694, 1019; It. 89; J. I, 197 (dīgh°); Vv 555 (cp. VvA. 247 with its definition of divine life as comprising 30 600 000 years); Vism. 229 (length of man’s = 100 years); Dhs. 19, 82, 295, 644, 716; Sdhp. 234, 239, 258.—Long or divine life, dibba� is one of the 10 attributes of dhipateyya or majesty (see ṻԲ), thus at Vin. I, 294; D. III, 146; S. IV, 275 sq. ; A. I, 115; III, 33; IV, 242, 396; Pv. II, 959 (= jīvita� PvA. 136).
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)�
(Burmese text): [(�) အ�+ဏု။ ဏွာဒိ။၁။ (�) �+ဏု။ ရူ။နှ�-၄ဝ၄� ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၁၅၅။ (�) အ�+ယ�+ဏု။ နီတိ၊ ဓာ။၁၃၈။ အပ၊ ဋ္ဌ၊၂။၁၃၄။ အာယုသဒ္ဒေ� ပုံနပုံသကလိင်္ဂေါဒဋ္ဌဗ္ဗော။ နီတိ၊ ပဒ။၃ဝ၈]
(က) အသက်၊ ဇီဝိတိန္ဒြေ။ (�) သက်တမ်း၊ အသက်အပိုင်းအခြား၊ ဝိပါက်ခန္ဓာအစဉ်၏တည်ရ� လွန်ကဲသေ� ကာလအပိုင်းအခြား။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Ayanuyu. Nwadi. 1. (2) Inanu. Rhu. 404. Dhamma, Dhi. 155. (3) Ayunanu. Niti, Dhamma. 138. Apu, Dhamma, 2. 134. Ayuthaddhao Phonnaphaongthaklingoda Dhamma Bhabha. Niti, Pada. 338. (a) Life, Jivitanthrayu. (b) Lifespan, segment of life, the period extending beyond the state of the physical body.

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary(आय�).—n S The term or period of life, life-time.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English(आय�).�n Life-time.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryĀ (आय�).�a. [-ṻ� Uṇdi-sūtra 1.2] Ved. Living, going, movable.
-yu� 1 A living being, man.
2) Mankind, human race.
3) Living beings taken collectively.
4) The first man.
5) Life, duration of life.
6) Wind, अह� केशरिण� क्षेत्रे वायुना जगदायुना (aha� keśariṇa� kṣetre vn jagadn) Mb.
7) A son, descendant, offspring.
8) The son of Purūravas and Urvaśī.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀ (आय�).—mn. (-�-) Age, duration of life. E. ay to go, Unadi affix ḵ.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀ (आय�).�1. [adjective] living, lively, active; [masculine] living creature, man, mankind.
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Ā (आय�).�2. [masculine] the genius of life; [neuter] life.
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Ā (आय�).—draw onwards or towards, seize, occupy, get, procure, mix, mingle.
Ā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms and yu (यु).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ā (आय�):—[=-yu] 1. -�2. yu [Ātmanepada] (-yuvate, [Ṛg-veda ix, 77, 2]; [perfect tense] -yuyuve, [Ṛg-veda i, 138, 1]; p. -yuvamna, [Ṛg-veda i, 582, and] -yuvna, [Śatapatha-brhmaṇa ix, 4, 1, 8])
—to draw or pull towards one’s self;
—to seize, take possession of [Ṛg-veda; Taittirīya-brhmaṇa; Śatapatha-brhmaṇa];
—to procure, provide, produce, [Taittirīya-saṃhit];
—to stir up, agitate, mingle, [Mnava-śrauta-sūtra] and, [Mnava-gṛhya-sūtra] :
—[Intensive] (p. -yoyuvna, [Ṛg-veda iv, 1, 11]) to meddle with.
2) 2. mfn. ([from] �i, [Uṇdi-sūtra i, 2]), living, movable, [Ṛg-veda; Vjasaneyi-saṃhit]
3) m. a living being, man
4) living beings collectively, mankind, [Ṛg-veda]
5) son, descendant, offspring
6) family, lineage, [Ṛg-veda]
7) a divine personification presiding over life, [Ṛg-veda x, 17, 4]
8) Name of fire (as the son of Purūravas and Urvaśī), [Vjasaneyi-saṃhit; Ѳٲ; Harivaṃśa] (cf. s)
9) Name of a man persecuted by Indra, [Ṛg-veda]
10) Name of several other men, [Ѳٲ; Harivaṃśa] etc.
11) Name of a king of frogs, [Ѳٲ]
12) n. ([and (us) m., [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, haldha, hemacandra, etc.]]) life, duration of life, [Ṛg-veda iii, 3, 7; ix, 100, 1.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀ (आय�):—[(�-)] 1. m. n. Age.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryĀ (आय�) [Also spelled aayu]:�(nf) age.
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryAayu in Hindi refers in English to:�(nf) age..—aayu (आय�) is alternatively transliterated as Ā.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusĀ (ಆಯ�):�
1) [verb] to collect, gather or amass.
2) [verb] to pick out by preference from what is available; to take as a choice; to select; to choose.
3) [verb] to sort or separate from a lot.
4) [verb] ಆಯ್ದುಕೊಂಡು ತಿನ್ನು [aydukomdu tinnu] ydukoṇḵ� tinnu (fig.) to live by gleaning, hence, to be very poor.
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Ā (ಆಯ�):—[noun] the duration of time from one’s birth to his or her death; life-time.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconĀ (ஆய�) noun < s.
1. Lifetime; ஆயுள�. ஆய� வழிய� மதிக மிலிங்கமெனின� [ayul. ayu vazhiyu mathiga milingamenin] (சைவசமய நெறி பொது. [saivasamaya neri pothu.] 109).
2. (Jaina philosophy) The karma which determines the length of time which a Jīva must spend in the form with which another of his karma has endowed him, one of �-ȹ, q.v.; எண்குற்றங்களுள� ஆயுட்காலத்தை வரையறுப்பத�. (சடாமணிநிகண்டு) [enkurrangalul ayudkalathai varaiyaruppathu. (sudamaninigandu)]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryĀ (आय�):—n. 1. span of life; age; long life; 2. period of time; term;
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryAayu is another spelling for आय� [].—n. 1. span of life; age; long life; 2. period of time; term;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+13): Ayasmantu, Ayu Sutta, Ayuddhvi, Ayudh, Ayudha, Ayudhabhrit, Ayudhadhari, Ayudhadharini, Ayudhadhyaksha, Ayudhagar, Ayudhagaranara, Ayudhajna, Ayudhapani, Ayudhapishaci, Ayudhasahaya, Ayudhasahvaya, Ayudhavyasana, Ayudhiyaka, Ayuha, Ayuhana.
Full-text (+501): Ayus, Ayurveda, Ayuta, Ayuh Shesha, Dirghayu, Ayudhika, Shatayus, Dirghayus, Ayushkara, Cirayus, Alpayus, Gatayus, Ayurvriddhi, Ayuhkarma, Ayushkama, Ayava, Ayurvedamaya, Ayuhstoma, Ayurdravya, Vidhatrayus.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 8.10 - The four kinds of fe-determining karma (s) < [Chapter 8 - Bondage of Karmas]
Verse 8.17 - The maximum duration of life-determining karma (s) < [Chapter 8 - Bondage of Karmas]
Verse 2.53 - The lifetime of beings < [Chapter 2 - Category of the Living]
Tirumantiram by Tirumular (English translation)
Verse 923: How the Five Letters are Filled in the 25-Chamber Chakra < [Tantra Four (nankam tantiram) (verses 884-1418)]
Verse 3026: When Jiva Unites in Siva < [Tantra Nine (onpatam tantiram) (verses 2649-3047)]
Verse 796: Choose Appropriate Time for Piercing Adharas < [Tantra Three (munran tantiram) (verses 549-883)]
Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Chapter 274 - Description of the Lunar race (somavaṃśa)
Chapter 357 - Adding primary affixes known as uṇdi
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Additions and Corrections to volume 2 (kṇḍa 3-4) < [Additions and Corrections]
Kanda XII, adhyaya 2, brahmana 3 < [Twelfth Kanda]
Kanda VII, adhyaya 2, brahmana 1 < [Seventh Kanda]
Influence of Nyaya-Vaisesika on Ayurveda (by Sindhu K. K.)
10. An introduction to Ayurveda < [Chapter 1 - Origin and Development of Nyaya-Vaisesika and Ayurveda]
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