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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

  • इष् cl. 1. P. एषति (See अनु- √ इष् and परि- √ इष्) Ā. एषते, to seek, search, BhP. : cl. 4. P. इ/ष्यति and 9. Ā. P. इष्णा/ति (p. इष्ण/त्, RV. i, 181, 6, and इष्णान/, RV. i, 61, 13; pf. 3. pl. ईषुस्, RV., and ईषिरे/, AV.; ऐषीत्; inf. इष/ध्यै, RV. vii, 43, 1)
    to cause to move quickly, let fly, throw, cast, swing, RV.;
    to send out or off, stream out, pour out, discharge;
    to deliver (a speech), announce, proclaim, AV.; ŚBr.;
    to impel, incite, animate, promote, RV.; AV.; VS.; ŚBr.
  • इष् ifc. mfn. moving quickly, speedy. See अरम्-इष्.
  • इष् cl. 6. P., ep. and Ved. also Ā. इच्-छ/ति (Subj. इच्छात्, RV.; AV.), इच्छते (AV. xi, 5, 17; impf. ऐच्छत्, इयेष and ईषे, एषिष्यते, ऐषीत्, एषितुम् or एष्टुम्), to endeavour to obtain, strive, seek for, RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; AitBr.;
    to endeavour to make favourable;
    to desire, wish, long for, request;
    to wish or be about to do anything, intend, RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; R.; Hit.; Śak. &c.;
    to strive to obtain anything (acc.) from any one (abl. or loc.);
    to expect or ask anything from any one, MBh.; Mn.; Śak.; Ragh.; Hit. &c.;
    to assent, be favourable, concede, KātyŚr.; Mn.; Kathās.;
    to choose, Mn.;
    to acknowledge, maintain, regard, think, Pāṇ. Comm. Pass. इष्यते, to be wished or liked;
    to be wanted, MBh.; Hit.; Śak. &c.;
    to be asked or requested;
    to be prescribed or ordered, Mn.; R.;
    to be approved or acknowledged;
    to be accepted or regarded as, MBh.; Prab.; Yājñ.; Mn. &c.;
    to be worth;
    to be wanted as a desideratum See इष्टि:
    Caus. एषयति, (in surg.) to probe, Suśr. ii, 7, 15 :
    Desid. एषिषिषति;
  • इष् [with इष् cf. Old Germ. eiscôm, ‘I ask’; Mod. Germ. heische; Angl.Sax. ásciani cf. also Gk. ἰό-της, ἵμερος; Lith. jëskóti; Russ. iskate, ‘to seek.’]
  • इष् mfn. ifc. seeking for (See गव्-इष्, पश्व्-इष्, &c.)
  • इष् f. wish, Hariv. ([cf. इट्-चर]).
  • इष् f. anything drunk, a draught, refreshment, enjoyment
  • libation
  • the refreshing waters of the sky
  • sap, strength, freshness, comfort, increase
  • good condition, affluence, RV.; AV.; VS.; AitBr.

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1890)

  • इष्
    I. 6 P. (इच्छति, इयेष, ऐषीत्, एषितुं-एष्टुं, इष्ट)
    1 To wish, desire, long for; इच्छामि संवर्धितमाज्ञया ते Ku. 3. 3; oft. with pot. or imperat. mood; इच्छामि भुंजीत or भुंक्तां भवान्; भुंजीयेतीच्छति Sk.
    2 To choose; मूत्रेण मौंड्यमिच्छेत् तु क्षत्रियं दंडमेव वा Ms. 8. 384.
    3 To endeavour to obtain, strive or seek for; भूतिमिच्छता, स्वर्गं &c.
    4 To be willing, be about to do anything, mean or intend (with. inf.).
    5 To ask or expect anything (acc.) from any one (loc. or abl.); देवेषु यज्ञे भागमीषिरे Śat. Br.
    6 To acknowledge, regard.
    7 To request, ask.
    8 To be favourable.
    9 To try to make favourable.
    10 To assent or consent.
    — pass.
    1 To be wished or liked.
    2 To be asked, or requested.
    3 To be prescribed or laid down; हस्तच्छेदनमिष्यते Ms. 8. 322; त्रिरात्रं दशरात्रं वा शावमाशौचमिष्यते Y. 3. 18.
    4 To be approved, accepted, or regarded as; जंभो दंतेपि चेष्यते Trik.
    II. 4 P. (इष्यति, इयेष, एषिष्यति, एषितुं)
    1 To move; to cause to move.
    2 To let fly, cast, throw.
    3 To raise (as one's voice).
    4 To sprinkle.
    III. 9 P. (इष्णाति)
    1 To cause to move quickly, let fly, cast.
    2 To fly off, escape.
    3 To strike, smite.
    4 To impel, urge, incite, animate, promote.
    IV. 1 U. (एषति-ते, ऐषीत्-ऐषिष्ट) To go, move.
  • इष् a.
    1 Speedy, going quickly.
    2 Wishing, desirous.
    — f. Ved.
    1 A draught, refreshment, food.
    2 Libation.
    3 Strength, power, sap, freshness.
    4 Comfort; increase.
    5 Affluence.
    6 Refreshing waters of the sky.
    7 Wish.