asiH [ asyate kzipyate; as-in Uṇ. 4. 139 ] 1 A sword. 2 A knife used for killing animals. 3 [ asyati sevanena pApAni ] N. of a river to the south of Benares. 4 Breath ( SvAsa ). — si ind. The 2nd pers. sing. of the Present of as to be, used as an indeclinable in the sense of ‘tvam’ thou; as in kftavAnasi vipriyaM na me Ku. 4. 7 (where however asi may be taken as a verb). Comp. — asi ind. sword against sword. — gaMqaH a small pillow for the cheeks; ( asiH kzipto gaMqo yatra Tv. ). — jIvin a. one who earns his livelihood by means of swords, a soldier fighting for wages. — daMzwraH, -daMzwrakaH the marine monster makara or crocodile (painted on the banner of Kāmadeva). — daMtaH a crocodile. — DArA the edge of a sword; suragaja iva daMtErBagnadEtyAsiDArEH R. 10. 86 , 41. — DArAvrataM [ asiDArAyAM sTitiriva duzkaraM vrataM ] 1 (according to some) the vow of standing on the edge of a sword; (according to others) the vow of keeping constant company with a young wife and yet steadily resisting the temptation of sexual intercourse with her; yatrEkaSayanasTApi pramadA nopaBujyate . asiDArAvrataM nAma vadaMti munipuMgavAH .. or Sayane maDye KaqgaM viDAya strIpuMsO yatra brahmacaryeRa svapatastat ; or yuvA yuvatyA sArDaM yanmugDaBartfvadAcaret . aMtarnivfttasaMgaH syAdasiDArAvrataM hi tat Yādava . 2 (hence fig. ) any hopelessly difficult task; satAM kenoddizwaM vizamamasiDArAvratamidaM Bh. 2. 28 , 64 ; asiDArAvratamidaM yadariRAsaha saMvAsaH Pt. 3. — DAvaH, -DAvakaH an armourer, furbisher. — DenuH, -DenukA [ asirDenuriva yasyAH vA kap ] a knife; Vikr. 4. 69. — patra a. having sword-shaped leaves; jAtaM tamAtmanyasipatravfkzaM R. 14. 48. — (traH) 1 the sugar-cane. 2 a kind of tree which grows in the lower world. 3 a hell paved with swords. — (traM) 1 the blade of a sword. 2 a sheath, a scabbard. °vanaM a hell where the trees have leaves as sharp as swords. — patrakaH a sugar-cane. — paTaH, -TaM the course of the breath. — pucCaH, -pucCakaH ( pb ) the Gangetic porpoise. — putrikA, -putrI a knife ( aseH putrIva ). — medaH [ asiriva tIkzRo medo niryAso yasya ] the fetid Khadira ( viwKadira ). — hatya a. to be killed with a sword. — (tyaM) fighting with knives or swords. — hetiH [ asirhetiH sADanamasya ] a swordsman.