vaiśya वैश्य vaíśya m. (fr. 2. viś) ‘a man who settles on the soil’, a peasant, or ‘working man’, agriculturist, man of the third class or caste (whose business was trade as well as agriculture), [RV.] &c. &c. pl. N. of a people, [VarBṛS.] vaíśya n. vassalage, dependance, [TS.] vaíśya mfn. belonging to a man of the third caste, [MBh.] vaiśyatā वैश्यता vaiśya—tā f. the state or condition of a V° (acc. with √ gam, to become a V°), [AitBr.]; [MBh.] &c. vaiśyaghna वैश्यघ्न vaiśya—ghna m. the slayer of a V°, [VarBṛS.] vaiśyatva वैश्यत्व vaiśya—tva n. = -tā, [MārkP.] vaiśyabhāva वैश्यभाव vaiśya—bhāva m. = -tā, [Mn. x, 93.] vaiśyakula वैश्यकुल vaiśya—kula n. the house of a V°, [KātyŚr.] vaiśyapura वैश्यपुर vaiśya—pura n. N. of a town, [Vīrac.] vaiśyarata वैश्यरत vaiśya—rata mfn. living at the expense of the Vaiśyas, [Cat.] vaiśyasava वैश्यसव vaiśya—sava m. a partic. sacrificial rite, [TBr.] vaiśyayoni वैश्ययोनि vaiśya—yoni f. a V°'s mode of existence, [ChUp.] vaiśyabhadrā वैश्यभद्रा vaiśya—bhadrā f. N. of a deity, [Buddh.] vaiśyakanyā वैश्यकन्या vaiśya—kanyā f. a Vaiśya damsel, a girl of the agricultural class, [Mn. x, 8.] vaiśyaputra वैश्यपुत्र vaiśya—putra m. the son of a Vaiśya, a Vaiśya, [Siṃhās.] vaiśyastoma वैश्यस्तोम vaiśya—stoma m. N. of an Ekāha, [ṢaḍvBr.]; [ŚrS.] vaiśyavṛtti वैश्यवृत्ति vaiśya—vṛtti f. a V°'s mode of life or occupation, agriculture, trade, [Mn. x, 83.] vaiśyayajña वैश्ययज्ञ vaiśya—yajña m. the sacrifice performed by a V°, [KātyŚr.] vaiśyajātīya वैश्यजातीय vaiśya—jātīya m. a V° (by birth), man of the third caste, [L.] vaiśyakarman वैश्यकर्मन् vaiśya—karman n. the business of a Vaiśya, agriculture, trade (°ma-pustaka n. N. of wk.) vaiśyadhvaṃsin वैश्यध्वंसिन् vaiśya—dhvaṃsin mfn. destroying V°, [VarBṛS.] vaiśyacaritra वैश्यचरित्र vaiśya—caritra n. N. of wk. vaiśyakarmapustaka वैश्यकर्मपुस्तक vaiśya—karma-pustaka n. N. of wk.