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vāsवास्See ni- √ 5. vas.
cl. 10. P. ([Dhātup. xxxv, 32]; perhaps only Nom. fr. next) vāsayati (ep. also °te; aor. -avavāsat), to perfume, make fragrant, scent, fumigate, incense, steep, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
vāsīवासीf. See vāśī.
See vāśī.
vāsūवासूf. (of doubtful derivation) a young girl, maiden (voc. vāsu), [Daś.]
vāsaवासm. perfuming, perfume, [Vikr.]; [Mālatīm.]; [Car.]
Gendarussa Vulgaris, [L.] (also f(A). )
m. (fr. √ 4. vas) a garment, dress, clothes (mc. for vāsas), [MBh.] (cf. kṛṣṇavāsa).
vāsá m. (fr. √ 5. vas) staying, remaining (esp. ‘overnight’), abiding, dwelling, residence, living in (loc. or comp.; cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 3, 18], Sch.), abode, habitation, [RV.] &c. &c.
ifc. = having one's abode in, dwelling or living in
vāsaṃ-√ vas, to take up one's abode, abide, dwell
place or seat of (gen.), [R.]
a day's journey, [ib.]
state, situation, condition, [Hariv.]
= vāsa-gṛha, bed-chamber (see -sajjā)
= vāsanā, imagination, idea, semblance of [MBh.]
vāsiवासिm. abiding, dwelling, [W.]
or vāsī f. a carpenter's adze, [L.] (cf. vāśī).
vāsoवासोin comp. for 1. vāsas.
vāsuवासुm. (said to be fr. √ 5. vas) N. of Viṣṇu (is dwelling in all beings), [Uṇ. i, 1], Sch.
the spirit or soul considered as the Supreme Being or Soul of the universe, [W.] (also Vṛddhi form of vasu in comp.)
vāsaḥवासःin comp. for 1. vāsas.
vāsasवासस्vā́sas n. (for 2. See col. 2) cloth, clothes, dress, a garment (du. an upper and under garment; cf. vāso-yuga), [RV.] &c. &c.
the ‘clothing’ or feathers of an arrow, [MBh.]; [R.] &c. (only ifc.; cf. barhiṇa-v°)
cotton, [L.]
a pall, [MW.]
a screen, [ib.]
(with markaṭasya) a cobweb, [L.]
du. (with samudrasya) N. of two Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]
n. lodging for the night, night-quarters, [PraśnUp.]
vāsinवासिन्mfn. fragrant
mfn. having or wearing clothes, (esp. ifc.) clothed or dressed in, wearing, [AitBr.]; [MBh.] &c.
mfn. staying, abiding, dwelling, living, inhabiting (often ifc. = living in or among or in a partic. manner or condition), [TS.]; &c.
vāspaवास्पSee bāṣpa.
vāsrāवास्राf. See vāśrā.
vāsraवास्रm. (cf. vāsara) a day
vāstaवास्त, vāstāyana, vāstika. See bāsta &c.
vāstuवास्तुvā́stu n. (m. only in [BhP.]) the site or foundation of a house, site, ground, building or dwelling-place, habitation, homestead, house, [RV.] &c. &c.
an apartment, chamber, [VarBṛS.]
vā́stu m. N. of one of the 8 Vasus, [BhP.]
of a Rākṣasa, [Cat.]
vā́stu (prob.) f. N. of a river, [MBh.]
vā́stu n. the pot-herb Chenopodium Album, [L.]
a kind of grain, [ĀpŚr.], Sch. (cf. -maya).
vāsyaवास्यmfn. to be (or being) covered or enveloped, [ĪśUp.]
being worn (see prathama-vāsyá).
mfn. to be caused to dwell or settle down, [VarBṛS.]
m. or n. (for 1. and 2. See p. 947) = vāsī or vāśī, an axe, [Nīlak.] on [MBh. i, 4605]; [v, 5250.]
vāsātaवासातor vāsā°taka, mfn. (fr. vasāti) inhabited by the Vasātis, [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 52], Vārtt. 2; 3, [Pat.]
vāsakaवासकm. scent, [Pañcar.]
also f(akA, ikA). Gendarussa Vulgaris or Adhatoda Vasica, [VarBṛS.]; [Suśr.] &c.
mfn. perfuming, fumigating, [MW.]
(ifc.) = vāsa, clothing, clothes, [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c. (cf. aśuddha-v°).
mf(ikA)n. causing to dwell or inhabit, populating, [MW.]
(ifc.) abode, habitation, [Yājñ.]
n. (ifc. f(A). ) a sleeping-room, bed-chamber, [Kathās.]
m. (in music) a species of dhruvaka (q.v.), [Saṃgīt.]
m. N. of a serpent-demon, [MBh.]
pl. N. of a people, [MārkP.]
vāsanāवासनाf. id., [Śiś.], Sch.
f. See next.
f. the impression of anything remaining unconsciously in the mind, the present consciousness of past perceptions, knowledge derived from memory, [Śaṃk.]; [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]
fancy, imagination, idea, notion, false notion, mistake (ifc., e.g. bheda-v°, the mistake that there is a difference), [ib.]; [Rājat.]; [Sarvad.] &c.
thinking of, longing for, expectation, desire, inclination, [Kathās.]
liking, respectful regard, [Bhām.]
trust, confidence, [W.]
(in math.) proof, demonstration (= upapatti), [Gol.]
a kind of metre, [Col.]
N. of Durgā, [BhP.]
of the wife of Arka, [ib.]
of a Comm. on the Siddhānta-śiromaṇi.
vāsanaवासनn. the act of perfuming or fumigating, infusing, steeping, [Gīt.], Sch.
n. covering, clothing, garment, dress, [Kāv.]
an envelope, box, casket, [Yājñ.]
mfn. belonging to an abode, fit for a dwelling, [W.]
n. causing to abide or dwell, [Bālar.]
abiding, abode, [L.]
a receptacle for water, [L.]
knowledge, [L.]
a partic. posture (practised by ascetics during abstract meditation, and by others; described as sitting on the ground with the knees bent and the feet turned backwards), [W.]
vāsarāवासरा(ā), f. w.r. for vāsurā, q.v.
vāsarīवासरी(ī), f. a god of the day, [Kālac.]
N. of a cow, [MW.]
vāsaraवासरvāsará mf(I)n. (fr. vasar, √ 2. vas) relating to or appearing in the morning, matutinal, early, [RV.]
vāsará m. n. day (as opp. to ‘night’), a day (in general), a week-day, [GṛS.]; [Kāv.]; [Kathās.] &c.
vāsará m. time, turn, succession, [Hit.] (v.l. vāra)
N. of a serpent-demon, [L.]
vāsataवासतm. an ass, [L.]
Terminalia Bellerica, [L.]
vāsavīवासवी(ī), f. patr. of the mother of Vyāsa (she was the offspring of the Apsaras Adrikā, who as a fish had swallowed the seed of king Vasu), [MBh.]; [BhP.]
Indra's energy, [Cat.]
(with or scil. diś) Indra's region or quarter, the east, [Kād.]
vāsavaवासवvāsavá mf(I)n. (fr. 1. vasu) relating or belonging to the Vasus, derived or descended from them &c., [AV.]; [TS.]; [Kāṭh.]; [ĀśvŚr.]
relating or belonging to (king) Vasu, [MBh.]
containing the word vasu, g. vimuktādi
vāsavá m. N. of Indra (as chief of the Vasus), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
a son of (king) Vasu, [MBh.]
(with indrasya) N. of a Sāman, [L.] of a poet, [Cat.]
vāsavá m. n. N. of the Nakṣatra Dhaniṣṭhā (presided over by the Vasus), [Sūryas.]
vāsavá n. N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.]
vāsavá mf(I)n. relating or belonging to Indra, [Kād.]
vāsaviवासविm. ‘Indra's son’, N. of Arjuna, [MBh.]
of the monkey Vālin, [R.]
vāsikāवासिकाSee 1. vāsaka above.
f. See (ikā) under 1. vāsaka, p. 947, col. 2.
vāsikaवासिकSee kaṣāya-, rūpa-, and vana-v°
vāsilaवासिलmfn. (fr. vāsa) g. kāśādi
m. endearing form of vāsiṣṭha, [Vām. v, 2, 63].
vāsinīवासिनीf. a Barleria with white flowers, [L.]
vāsitāवासिताf. See vāśitā.
f. See vāśitā.
vāsitaवासितmfn. infused, steeped, perfumed, scented, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
affected with, influenced by (instr. or comp.), [Śaṃk.]
spiced, seasoned (as sauces), [W.]
mfn. clothed, dressed, [L.]
mfn. caused to stop or stay (esp. ‘overnight’), caused to dwell or live in (loc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
peopled, populous (as a country), [W.]
n. the art of rendering populous or causing to be inhabited, [W.]
knowledge (esp. derived from memory = vāsanā, [ib.])
1. 2. 3. and vāsin. See p. 947.
vāsodāवासोदाvāso—dā́ mfn. id., [RV.]
vāsodaवासोदvāso—da mfn. giving clothes, [Mn. iv, 231.]
vāso-da vāso-bhṛt &c. See p. 947, col. 2.
vāstraवास्त्रmfn. (fr. vastra) covered with cloth, [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 10], Sch.
vāstvaवास्त्वvāstvà mfn. = vāstavyà, left remaining
vāstvá n. remainder, leavings, [MaitrS.]
vāsubhaवासुभvāsu—bha m. or n. (?) N. of a place, [Vīrac.] (cf. vasubha).
vāsukīवासुकीf. N. of a woman, [HPariś.]
vāsukaवासुकmfn. (fr. 1. vasu) g. aśvādi
vāsukiवासुकिm. (fr. vasuka) N. of a divine being, [Gobh.]; [Kauś.]
of a serpent-king (one of the three chief kings of the Nāgas, the other two being Śeṣa and Takṣaka; the gods and demons used the serpent Vāsuki as a rope for twisting round the mountain Mandara when they churned the ocean, [RTL. 108, 233]), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
of an author, [Pratāp.], Sch.
of another man, [Pravar.]
vāsurāवासुराf. (fr. √ 5. vas, or vas) night, [L.] (cf. vāśurā)
the earth, [L.]
a woman, [L.]
a female elephant, [L.]
vāsātyaवासात्यvā́sātya mfn. relating to the dawn, dim, dusky, [TĀr.]
vā́sātya m. pl. N. of a people (= vasāti), [MBh.]
vāsaukasवासौकस्n. id., [L.]
See p. 947, col. 3.
vāsadhṛkवासधृक्vāsa—dhṛk mfn. wearing a garment, [Hariv.]
vāsantīवासन्ती(ī), f., see below.
f. (see vāsanta above) N. of various plants (Gaertnera Racemosa, a kind of jasmine, Bignonia Suaveolens &c.), [L.]
= nava-mālikā, [Bhpr.]
a spring festival (held in the month Caitra in honour of Kāma-deva or in some places of Durgā), [L.]
a kind of metre, [Col.]
(in music) a partic. Rāgiṇī, [Saṃgīt.]
N. of a sylvan goddess, [Uttarar.]
of a daughter of king Bhūmi-śukla, [Buddh.]
vāsantaवासन्तvāsantá mf(I/)n. (fr. vasanta) relating to or produced in the spring season, vernal, [AV.] &c. &c.
being in the spring of life, young, [W.]
= avahita, or vihita, [L.]
vāsantá m. (only [L.]) a camel
the Indian cuckoo
a young elephant, any young animal
the southern or western wind (= malayānila, q.v.)
Phaseolus Mungo or a black species of this kind of bean
a purple species of Barleria Cristata
Vangueria Spinosa
a dissolute man
vāsiṣṭhīवासिष्ठी(ī), f. a female descendant of V°, [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 78], Sch.
N. of a river (= go-matī), [MBh.]
(also with śānti) N. of various works.
vāsiṣṭhaवासिष्ठvāsiṣṭhá mf(I)n. (also written vāśiṣṭha) relating or belonging to Vasiṣṭha, composed or revealed by him (as the 7th Maṇḍala of the Ṛg-veda)
with śata n. the hundred sons of V°, [AitBr.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
vāsiṣṭhá m. a son or descendant of V° (applied as a patr. to various Ṛṣis), [TS.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.] &c.
vāsiṣṭhá n. N. of various Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]
= yoga-vāsiṣṭha, q.v.
blood, [L.]
N. of a Tīrtha, [MBh.]
vāsiṣṭaवासिष्टn. blood, [L.] (prob. w.r. for vāsiṣṭha; see next).
vāskalaवास्कलSee bāṣkala.
vāsobhṛtवासोभृत्vāso—bhṛt mfn. wearing clothes, [Bhartṛ.]
(gender unknown) the hip, [VarBṛS.]
vāspeyaवास्पेयm. the tree Nāga-kesara (commonly called Nāgesar), [MW.]
vāstūkaवास्तूकm. n. Chenopodium Album, [L.]
vāstavaवास्तवmf(I)n. (fr. 2. vastu, √ 5. vas) substantial, real, true, genuine, being anything in the true sense of the word, [Gol.]; [BhP.]; [Pañcar.]
fixed, determined, demonstrated, [W.]
n. an appointment, [ib.]
vāstaveवास्तवेind. = vastu-tas, really, truly, [Nalac.], Sch.
vāsteyaवास्तेयvā́steya mf(I)n. (fr. vasti; see basti) being in the bladder, [AV.]
[ChUp.] (cf. [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 56])
resembling the bladder, [Pāṇ. v, 3, 101.]
vāstuhaवास्तुहvāstu—ha mfn. left remaining on a (sacred) spot, remainder, [AitBr. v, 14.]
vāstujaवास्तुजvāstu—ja mfn. home-bred, [MBh.]
vāstukīवास्तुकीf. a kind of vegetable, [L.]
vāstukaवास्तुकmfn. left remaining on the sacrificial ground, [BhP.] (cf. prec. and vāstu-ha)
m. n. Chenopodium Album, [Suśr.]
vāstupaवास्तुपvāstu—pá mfn. keeping the ground or homestead (when quitted by its owner), [VS.]
the tutelary deity of a homestead, [Vāstuv.]
vāstvyaवास्त्व्यmfn. = vāstva, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 175.]
vāsukraवासुक्रmfn. composed by Vasukra, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
vāsāgāraवासागारn. vāsa-gṛha, [Vās.]; [Prab.]
vāsātakaवासातकvāsāta or vāsā°taka, mfn. (fr. vasāti) inhabited by the Vasātis, [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 52], Vārtt. 2; 3, [Pat.]
vāsīphalaवासीफलvāsī-phala n. a kind of fruit, [VarBṛS.]
vāsabhūmiवासभूमिvāsa—bhūmi f. dwelling-place, homestead, [Hit.]
vāsadhūpiवासधूपिvāsa—dhūpi m. patr. [Saṃskārak.]
vāsagehaवासगेहvāsa—gṛha or vāsa—geha, n. ‘dwelling-house’, the inner part of a house, sleeping-room, bed-chamber, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
vāsagṛhaवासगृहvāsa—gṛha or vāsa—geha, n. ‘dwelling-house’, the inner part of a house, sleeping-room, bed-chamber, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
vāsamuliवासमुलिm. pl. patr. [Saṃskārak.] (prob. w.r. for vāsamūli).
vāsanīyaवासनीयmfn. intelligible only by much reflection, [Vām.]
vāsareśaवासरेशm. id., [Kathās.]
the regent of a week-day (e.g. a planet, the sun, or the moon), [L.]
vāsateyīवासतेयीvā́sateyī (ī), f. night, [Hcar.]
vāsateyaवासतेयvā́sateya mfn. (fr. vasati) to be lodged or sheltered, [AV.]
affording shelter, [Bhaṭṭ.]
vāsavāśāवासवाशाf. = vāsava-diś, [Śiś.]
vāsavajaवासवजvāsava—ja m. ‘Indra's son’, patr. of Arjuna, [MBh.]
vāsavataवासवतm. pl. N. of a partic. grammatical school, [Bhaṭṭ.], Sch. (prob. w.r. for rāsavata, ‘follower of the Rasa-vatī’ q.v.)
vāsaveyaवासवेयmfn. (fr. vāsava) g. sakhy-ādi
(fr. vāsavī) metron. of Vyāsa, [MBh.]
vāsayitṛवासयितृm. one who clothes or supports or preserves, [MBh. iv, 420] (used also by Comm. to explain vasu and vasuka).
vāsayogaवासयोगvāsa—yoga m. a powder formed of various fragrant substances (esp. the red powder scattered about and sprinkled on the clothes at the Holī festival, [RTL. 430]), [L.]
vāsovāyaवासोवायvāso—vāyá mfn. weaving cloth, [RV.]
vāsoyugaवासोयुगvāso—yuga n. a pair of garments, suit of clothes (the dress of the Hindūs usually consisting of two pieces of cloth, viz. a lower garment fastened round the waist, and an upper one thrown loosely over the shoulders), [MBh.]
vāstavyaवास्तव्यvāstavyà mfn. left on any spot (as a worthless remainder; also applied to Rudra, to whom the leavings of the sacrifice belong), [TS.]; [VS.]; [Br.]
settled, resident, an inhabitant, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
vāsudevīवासुदेवी(ī), f. Asparagus Racemosus, [L.]
vāsudevaवासुदेवvāsu—devá See below.
m. (fr. vasu-d°) patr. of Kṛṣṇa, [TĀr.] &c. ([RTL. 111])
of a king of the Puṇḍras, [Hariv.]
N. of a class of beings peculiar to the Jainas, [L.]
a horse, [L.]
N. of various kings and authors (also with ācārya, dīkṣita, śarman, śāstrin &c.), [Inscr.]; [Cat.]
n. N. of an Upaniṣad
mf(I)n. relating to (the god) Kṛṣṇa, [NṛsUp.]
written or composed by V°, [Cat.]
vāsukeyaवासुकेयm. the serpent Vāsuki, [L.]
vāsukijaवासुकिजvāsuki—ja mfn. descended from Vāsuki, [MBh.]
vāsumataवासुमतvāsu—mata mfn. containing the word vasu-mat, g. vimuktādi.
vāsupuraवासुपुरvāsu—pura n. N. of a town, [W.]
vāsaḥśataवासःशतvāsaḥ—śatá n. a hundred garments, [ŚBr.]
vāsaḥkuṭīवासःकुटीvāsaḥ—kuṭī f. a tent, [L.]
vāsakarṇīवासकर्णीvāsa—karṇī f. = yajña-śālā, a sacrificial hall, [L.]
a place where public exhibitions (as Nāches &c.) are held, [W.]
vāsanasthaवासनस्थvāsana—stha mfn. being in a box or casket, [ib.]
vāsantakaवासन्तकmf(ikA)n. relating to or grown in spring, vernal, [L.]
vāsantikāवासन्तिका(ikā), f. Gaertnera Racemosa, [Pañcad.]
N. of a forest deity, [Cat.]
N. of a drama (also -pariṇaya, m.), [ib.]
vāsantikaवासन्तिकvā́santika mf(A)n. relating to spring, vernal, [VS.] &c. &c.
= vasantam adhīte veda vā, [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 63]
vā́santika m. the spring festival, [Āpast.]
an actor dancer the buffoon in a drama (= vidūṣaka, q.v.), [L.]
vāsapuṣpāवासपुष्पाvāsa—puṣpā f. a kind of cress growing in gardens, [L.]
vāsapuṣpiवासपुष्पिvāsa—puṣpi m. patr. (also pl.), [Saṃskārak.]