आयुस्

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hā́yu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́yu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu (“long time, lifetime”). Cognate with Latin aevum (whence English age), Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn) (whence English eon), Avestan 𐬁𐬌𐬌𐬏 (āiiū, “lifetime, life”), Old English ā, English aye. The Sanskrit root is इ (i), whence also आयु (ā́yu).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑ́ː.jus/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.jus̪/

आयुस् • (ā́yus) stem, n or m

1. life, vital power, vigour, health, lifespan, long life, age
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.89.2:

     दे॒वानां॑ भ॒द्रा सु॑म॒तिॠ॑जूय॒तां दे॒वानां॑ रा॒तिर॒भि नो॒ नि व॑र्तताम्।
     दे॒वानां॑ स॒ख्यमुप॑ सेदिमा व॒यं दे॒वा न॒ आयु॒: प्र ति॑रन्तु जी॒वसे॑॥

     devā́nāṃ bhadrā́ sumatíṝjūyatā́ṃ devā́nāṃ rātírabhí no ní vartatām.
     devā́nāṃ sakhyámúpa sedimā vayáṃ devā́ na ā́yu: prá tirantu jīváse.

     May the benevolent favour of the gods be ours; may the bounty of the gods, ever approving of the upright, light upon us; may we obtain the friendship of the gods, and may the gods extend our lives.

2. active power, efficacy, vitality
3. the totality of living beings, world

• आयुर्वेद (āyurveda)

आयुस् • (āyus) stem, m

1. a king of the Lunar Dynasty; son of Pururavas; father of Nahuṣa

   Synonyms: आयु (āyu), आयुष (āyuṣa)