The corpus record — Sanskrit

payasi

Saft, Samen, Lebenskraft

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Where it lives

Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 5 · 0.66/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. päyas-

päyas- n. Milch, Milchstrom (übertragen auch ‘Saft, Samen, Lebenskraft’ u.a.) [RV +], payasd- saftstrotzend (AV; IB "payas-a-, AiGr 1 1? Nachtr 36), päyasvant- milchreich, saftreich (RV +), payasvin- milchreich (MS +; s. AiGr 112,918). - Mi., dard., ni, pä. paya- n. Milch, Saft, u.a. (Tu 77% [mit Verweisen], TuAdd 8099), - Tir., jav. paiiah- n. Milch; $ughni pay saure Milch (wenn *"payäh, s. Morg, Shughni 65a; … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. päyas-, p. 113]

2. ةَيَس

payas n. (√ 1. pī) any fluid or juice, ( esp. ) milk, water, rain

3. ةَيَس

semen virile, ( met. ) vital spirit, power, strength, RV. &c. &c.

4. ةَيَس

a species of Andropogon , Bhpr.

In the wild

payasi Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,5.2
payasā Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,5.2
payasi Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,5.3
payasā Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,5.3
payasi Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,5.3

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. päyas (vol. 2, scan p. 113; entry #1283).

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