आ

Monier-Williams · ā
ā the second vowel of the alphabet corresponding to the a in far

Monier-Williams · ā
ā ind. a particle of reminiscence 1-1, 14 ‖ also of compassion or pain [more correctly written 1. ās, q.v.], and of assent [This particle remains unaltered in orthography even before vowels (which causes it to be sometimes confounded with 1. ās) 1-1, 14.]

Monier-Williams · ā
ā ās m. N. of Śiva ‖ grandfather ‖ (ās), f. N. of Lakshmī

Monier-Williams · ā
ā (as a prefix to verbs, especially of motion, and their derivatives) near, near to, towards (See ā-√kram &c ‖ in the Veda, of course, the prefix is separable from the verb ‖ in a few cases i, 10, 11 and v, 64, 5, a verb in the imperative is to be supplied ‖ with roots like gam, yā, and i, 'to go', and 1. dā, 'to give', it reverses the action ‖ e.g. ā-gacchati, 'he comes,'ā-datte, 'he takes'). ‖ (As a prep. with a preceding acc.) near to, towards, to ‖ (with a preceding noun in the acc., as jóṣam or váram) for ‖ (with a following acc.) up to .. exclusively ‖ (with a preced