aDiH [ ADIyate duHKamanena ADA ki vA pf . TasvaH ] 1 Mental pain or agony. See ADiH 2 A woman in her courses. (= avi .) — ind. 1 (As a prefix to verbs) over, above; ( aDikAra ); °sTA to stand over; °kf to place over or at the head of; °ruh to grow over or above; over and above, besides, in addition ( ADikya ); fully, completely ( atiSaya , viSeza ), to get something in addition to another; aDigatyajagatyaDISvarAt having obtained fully, aDi intensifying the meaning of the root; ito vA sAtimImahe divo vA pArTivAdaDi Rv. 1. 6. 10 ; ( aDImahe ADikyena yAcAmahe ). 2 (As a separable adverb) Over, above, from above (mostly Vedic); zazwirvIrAso aDi zaw Rv. 7. 18. 14. 3 (As a preposition) with acc. ( a ) Above, over, upon, in ( upari ); yaM daMtamaDijAyate nAqI taM daMtamudDaret Suśr. aDyaDi just above; lokAnuparyuparyAste'Do'Do'DyaDi ca mADavaH Bopadeva ; with gen. also; ye nAkasyADi rocane divi Rv. 1. 19. 6 above the sun; °viwapi Śi. 7. 35 ; °tvat 7. 41 ; °rajani 52 at night. ( b ) With reference to, concerning, in the case of, on the subject of ( aDikftya ) (mostly in adverbial compounds in this sense); harO iti aDihari ; so aDistri ; kfzRamaDikftya pravfttA kaTA aDikfzRaM ; so °jyotizaM, °lokaM, °dEvaM, °dEvataM treating of stars &c.; °puraMDri Śi. 6. 32 in the case of women. ( c ) (With abl. ) Just over, more than ( aDika ); sattvAdaDi mahAnAtmA Kaṭh. ; aviditAdaDi Ken. ( d ) (With loc. ) Over, on or upon, above (showing lordship or sovereignty over something) ( ESvarya ); aDirISvare P. I. 4. 97 ; aDi Buvi rAmaH P. II. 3. 9 Sk. Rāma rules over the earth; the country ruled over may be used with loc. of ‘ruler’; aDi rAme BUH ibid. ; ( pb ) prahAravarmaRyaDi videhA jAtAH Dk. 77 subject to, under the government of, become the property or possession of ( aDi denoting svatva in this case); under, inferior to ( hIna ); aDi harO surAH ( Bopadeva ) the gods are under Hari. 4 (As first member of Tatpuruṣa compounds) ( a ) Cheif, supreme, principal, presiding; °devatA presiding deity; °rAjaH supreme or sovereign ruler; °patiH supreme lord &c. ( b ) Redundant, superfluous (growing over another); °daMtaH = aDyArUQaH ( daMtasyopari jAtaH ) daMtaH P. VI. 2. 188 . ( c ) Over, excessive; °aDikzepaH high censure. According to G. M. aDi has these senses: aDiraDyayanESvaryavaSitvasmaraRADike . e. g. ; upADyAyAdaDIte ; iNo'DyayanArTakatvasya aDidyotakaH; aDipatiH ( ESvarye ); aDInaH ( vaSitve ) aDigataH inaM ; mAturaDyeti ( smaraRe ); aDikaM ( aDike ). In the Veda aDi is supposed by B. and R. to have the senses of ‘out of’, ‘from,’ ‘of,’ ‘among,’ ‘before’, ‘beforehand’, ‘for’, ‘in favour of’, ‘in’ ‘at’.