idam | इदम् | idam
1. ida/m | इद/म् | aya/m | अय/म् |, iya/m | इय/म् |, ida/m | इद/म् | (fr. id | इद् |, Uṇ. iv, 156; g. sarvādi | सर्वादि |, Pāṇ. i, 1, 27; Vop.; a kind of neut. of the pronom. base 3. i with am | अम् | [cf. Lat. is, ea, id, and idem]; the regular forms are partly derived from the pronom. base a; see Gr. 224; the Veda exhibits various irregular formations, e.g. fr. pronom. base a, an inst. enā/ | एना/ |, ayā/ | अया/ | [used in general adverbially], and gen. loc. du. ayo/s | अयो/स् |, and perhaps also avo/s | अवो/स् |, in RV. vi, 67, 11; vii, 67, 4; x, 132, 5 [BRD.]; fr. the base ima | इम |, a gen. sing. ima/sya | इम/स्य |, only, RV.; the RV. has in a few instances the irregular accentuation a/smE | अ/स्म्E |, v, 39, 5, &c.; a/sya | अ/स्य |, iv, 15, 5, &c.; ā/Bis | आ/Bइस् |, vi, 25, 2, &c. : the forms derived fr. a are used enclitically if they take the place of the third personal pronoun, do not stand at the beginning of a verse or period, and have no peculiar stress laid upon them), this, this here, referring to something near the speaker
known, present
(opposed to adas | अदस् |, e.g. ayaṃ lokaḥ | अयं लोकः | or idaṃ viṣvam | इदं विष्वम् | or idaṃ sarvam | इदं सर्वम् |, this earthly world, this universe; ayam agniḥ | अयम् अग्निः |, this fire which burns on the earth; but asāv agniḥ | असाव् अग्निः |, that fire in the sky, i.e. the lightning: so also idam | इदम् | or iyam | इयम् | alone sometimes signifies ‘this earth’; ime smaḥ | इमे स्मः |, here we are.) idam | इदम् | often refers to something immediately following, whereas etad | एतद् | points to what precedes (e.g. ṣrutvEtad idam ūcuḥ | ष्रुत्व्Eतद् इदम् ऊचुः |, having heard that they said this). idam | इदम् | occurs connected with yad | यद् |, tad | तद् |, etad | एतद् |, kim | किम् |, and a personal pronoun, partly to point out anything more distinctly and emphatically, partly pleonastically (e.g. tad idaṃ vākyam | तद् इदं वाक्यम् |, this speech here following ; so 'yaṃ vidūśakaḥ | सो ऽयं विदूशकः |, this Vidūṣaka here).
2. ida/m | इद/म् | ind. [Ved. and in a few instances in classical Sanskṛt] here, to this place
now, even, just
there
with these words, RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; AitBr.; ChUp.
in this manner, R. ii, 53, 31; Śak. (v.l. for iti | इति | in kim iti jośam āsyate | किम् इति जोशम् आस्यते |, 202, 8).
known, present
(opposed to adas | अदस् |, e.g. ayaṃ lokaḥ | अयं लोकः | or idaṃ viṣvam | इदं विष्वम् | or idaṃ sarvam | इदं सर्वम् |, this earthly world, this universe; ayam agniḥ | अयम् अग्निः |, this fire which burns on the earth; but asāv agniḥ | असाव् अग्निः |, that fire in the sky, i.e. the lightning: so also idam | इदम् | or iyam | इयम् | alone sometimes signifies ‘this earth’; ime smaḥ | इमे स्मः |, here we are.) idam | इदम् | often refers to something immediately following, whereas etad | एतद् | points to what precedes (e.g. ṣrutvEtad idam ūcuḥ | ष्रुत्व्Eतद् इदम् ऊचुः |, having heard that they said this). idam | इदम् | occurs connected with yad | यद् |, tad | तद् |, etad | एतद् |, kim | किम् |, and a personal pronoun, partly to point out anything more distinctly and emphatically, partly pleonastically (e.g. tad idaṃ vākyam | तद् इदं वाक्यम् |, this speech here following ; so 'yaṃ vidūśakaḥ | सो ऽयं विदूशकः |, this Vidūṣaka here).
2. ida/m | इद/म् | ind. [Ved. and in a few instances in classical Sanskṛt] here, to this place
now, even, just
there
with these words, RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; AitBr.; ChUp.
in this manner, R. ii, 53, 31; Śak. (v.l. for iti | इति | in kim iti jośam āsyate | किम् इति जोशम् आस्यते |, 202, 8).