vanā वना vánā f. the piece of wood used for kindling fire by attrition (= araṇi, q.v.; sometimes personified), [RV. iii, 13] vanākhu वनाखु m. ‘forest rat’, a hare, [L.] vanāśa वनाश mfn. living on water, [MBh.] ([Nīlak.]) m. a kind of small barley, [L.] vanāja वनाज m. the wild goat, [L.] vanālī वनाली f. = vana-rājī, [Prab.] vanālu वनालु m. Marsilia Dentata, [L.] vanāṭu वनाटु m. ‘forest-roamer (?)’, a kind of blue fly, [L.] vanāyu वनायु m. N. of a country (see comp.) of a son of Purū-ravas, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] (also °yus, [VP.]) of a Dānava, [MBh.] vanāgni वनाग्नि m. = vana-dāha, [R.] vanāmra वनाम्र m. Mangifera Sylvatica, [L.] vanānta वनान्त m. ‘forest-region’, a wood, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. mfn. bounded by a forest, [Hariv.] vanākhuka वनाखुक vanā°khuka m. Phaseolus Mungo, [L.] vanāhira वनाहिर m. a hog, wild boar, [L.] vanālaya वनालय m. forest-habitation vanālikā वनालिका f. Heliotropium Indicum, [L.] vanāmala वनामल m. Carissa Carandas, [L.] vanāpaga वनापग (ibc. for °gā), a forest stream, river, [R.] vanāṭana वनाटन n. roaming about in a forest (also pl.), [Rājat.] vanāyuja वनायुज vanāyu—ja ([Hcar.]) or vanāyu—deśya ([Ragh.]), mfn. produced or bred in Vanāyu (as horses). vanāśrama वनाश्रम m. abode in the forest (the third Āśrama [, q.v.] in a Brāhman's life), [Hariv.] vanāśraya वनाश्रय mfn. living in a forest m. a forest-dweller, [MārkP.] a sort of crow or raven, [L.] vanābjinī वनाब्जिनी f. lotus growing in a forest, [Kathās.] vanācārya वनाचार्य m. N. of an author, [Cat.] vanākampa वनाकम्प m. the shaking of forest-trees by the wind, [W.] vanālakta वनालक्त or vanāla°ktaka, n. ‘wild lac’, red earth, ruddle, [L.] vanāmbikā वनाम्बिका f. N. of a tutelary deity in the family of Dakṣa, [Cat.] vanāntabhū वनान्तभू vanānta—bhū f. neighbourhood of a forest, [Kir.] vanāntara वनान्तर n. interior of a forest, [Kāv.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Kathās.] (°re, in the forest; °rāt, out of the forest; °ram, into the forest, with pra-√ viś or √ āp, to enter or reach a forest) āṇi pl. forests, [Vcar.] vanārcaka वनार्चक m. ‘forest-worshipper’, a florist, maker of garlands, [L.] vanāriṣṭā वनारिष्टा f. wild turmeric, [L.] vanābhilāva वनाभिलाव mfn. forest-destroying, [W.] vanāśramin वनाश्रमिन् vanā°śramin m. a Vānaprastha or Brāhman dwelling in a forest, an anchorite. ([BhP.]) vanāntastha वनान्तस्थ vanānta—stha mfn. standing or situate in a forest (as a town), [Kathās.] vanārdrakā वनार्द्रका f. wild ginger, [L.] vanārdraka वनार्द्रक n. the root of wild ginger, [L.] vanādhivāsin वनाधिवासिन् vanādhi-vāsin mfn. dwelling in a forest, [Kir.] vanālaktaka वनालक्तक vanālakta or vanāla°ktaka, n. ‘wild lac’, red earth, ruddle, [L.] vanāyudeśya वनायुदेश्य vanāyu—ja ([Hcar.]) or vanāyu—deśya ([Ragh.]), mfn. produced or bred in Vanāyu (as horses). vanāntasthalī वनान्तस्थली vanānta—sthalī f. a forest-region, [Bhartṛ.] vanāntavāsin वनान्तवासिन् vanānta—vāsin mfn. dwelling in a forest, [Rājat.] vanālayajīvin वनालयजीविन् vanālaya—jīvin mfn. living in forest, [Hariv.] vanāntaracara वनान्तरचर vanāntara—cara mfn. roaming about in a forest, [Kāv.]; [VarBṛS.] vanāntaracārin वनान्तरचारिन् vanāntara—cārin mfn. roaming about in a forest, [Kāv.]; [VarBṛS.] vanāśramanivāsin वनाश्रमनिवासिन् vanāśrama—nivāsin m. a Vānaprastha or Brāhman dwelling in a forest, an anchorite. ([ib.])