cl. 4. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxvi, 54]) vāśyate (ep. also vāśyati, Ved. and ep. also vā́śati, °te; pf. vavāśe, °śire; in [RV.] also vāvaśre and p. vāvaśāná; aor. avāśiṣṭa, [Br.]; fut. vāśitā, vāśiṣyate Gr.; inf. vāśitum, [ib.]; ind.p. vāśitvā, -vāśya, [VarBṛS.]), to roar, howl, bellow, bleat, low (as a cow), cry, shriek, sing (like a bird), sound, resound, [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. vāśayati (aor. avavāśat, in [RV.] also avīvaśat, ávīvaśanta), to cause to roar or low or resound or thunder, [RV.]; (Ā.) to roar or sound aloud, [ib.] : Desid. vivāśiṣate Gr.: Intens. vāvāśyate (v.l. rārāśyate, [MBh.]), vāvaṣṭi (impf. aor. ávāvaśanta, vāvaśanta, avāvaśītām; p. vā́vaśat), to roar or scream or sound aloud, [RV.] [ is sometimes wrongly written vās.]
vā́śī f. (also written vāsī; accord. to some connected with √ vraśc) a sharp or pointed knife or a kind of axe, adze, chisel (esp. as the weapon of Agni or the Maruts, and the instrument of the Ṛbhus, while the paraśu or axe is that of Tvaṣṭṛ), [RV.]; [AV.]; [MBh.]
f. (also written vāsitā, prob. fr. √ vaś) a cow desiring the bull (also applied to other animals desiring the male, esp. to a female elephant), [AV.] &c. &c.