adya a. Eatable. — dyaM Food, anything eatable — ind. [ asminnahani idaMSabdasya nipAtaH saptamyarTe; asmin dyavi ahani vA Nir. ] 1 To-day, this day; adya tvAM tvarayati dAruRaH kftAMtaH Māl. 5. 25 ; °rAtrO to-night, this night; °prAtareva this very morning; oft. in comp. with dina, divasa , &c.; °divasanakzatraM of this day, to-day's; adyEva this very day. 2 Now; adya gacCa gatA rAtriH Ks. 4. 68. 3 At present, now-a-days. [ cf. L. ho-die .]. Comp. — api still, yet, even now, to this day, down to the present time or moment; adyApi te manyuvizayaH U. 3 ; adyApi nocCvasiti ibid. ; na° not yet; guruH KedaM Kinne mayi Bajati nAdyApi kuruzu Ve. 1. 11 ; (every one of the 50 stanzas of Ch. P. begins with adyApi ). — avaDi 1 from to-day; °Di BavadByo BinnohaM Ve. 1. 2. till to-day. — pUrvaM before now; adyapUrvoccArita &c. — praBfti ind. from to-day, this day forward, henceforth; adyapraBftyavanatAMgi tavAsmi dAsaH Ku. 5. 86. — SvIna a. [ adya SvaH paradine vA janizyate prasozyate vA, adya-Svas-Ka wilopaH P. V. 2. 13 ] likely to happen to-day or tomorrow, imminent; °naM maraRaM, °naH viyogaH Sk. (= Asanna ). — (nA) a female near delivery ( AsannaprasavA ); adyaSvInAvazwabDe P.; adya Svo vA vijAyate iti adyaSvInA vaqavA Sk. — sutyA extraction and consecration of Soma juice on the same day.