Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Ādiḥ | "the first"

Adih

Ādiḥ (IAST)
Translation: "the first"
From Mandukya Upanishad (Verse 9)

A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (Monier-Williams)
Sanskrit: आदि
Transliteration: Ādi
Translation: "beginning; commencement; a firstling, first-fruits; beginning with"

A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy
Sanskrit: आदि
Transliteration: Ādi
Translation: "first; origin; beginning; original"

Mundaka and Mandukya Upanishads (Swami Sharvananda)
Sanskrit: आदिः
Transliteration: Ādiḥ
Translation: "the first"


References:
  1. Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press
  2. Grimes, John (1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. Albany: State University of New York Press
  3. Sharvananda, Swami (1920). Mundaka and Mandukya Upanishads: With Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-For-Word Literal Translation, English, Rendering and Comments. Mylapore, Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math