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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
vaśaवशváśa m. will, wish, desire, [RV.] &c. &c. (also pl. váśān ánu or ánu váśa, ‘according to wish or will, at pleasure’)
authority, power, control, dominion (in [AV.] personified), [ib.] (acc. with verbs of going, e.g. with √ i, anu-√ i, √ gam, ā-√ gam, √ ya, ā-√ pad, ā-√ sthā &c., ‘to fall into a person's [gen.] power, become subject or give way to’; acc. with √ nī, ā-√ nī and pra-√ yuj, or loc. with √ kṛ, √ labh or Caus. of √ sthā or saṃ-√ sthā, ‘to reduce to subjection, subdue’; loc. with √ bhū, √ vṛt, √ sthā and saṃ-√ sthā, ‘to be in a person's [gen.] power’; vaśena, °śāt, and °śa-taḥ, with gen. or ifc., ‘by command of, by force of, on account of, by means of, according to’)
birth, origin, [L.]
a brothel, [L.] (cf. veśa)
Carissa Carandas, [L.]
the son of a Vaiśya and a Karaṇī, [L.]
N. of a Ṛṣi preserved by the Aśvins, [RV.]
(with aśvya) of the supposed author of [RV. viii, 46] (in [ŚBr.] &c. also of this hymn itself)
= vālmīki, [Gal.]
pl. N. of a people, [AitBr.]; [MBh.]
váśa mf(A)n. willing, submissive, obedient, subject to or dependent on (gen.), [Kathās.]; [BhP.]; [Pañcat.]
docile, [L.]
free, licentious, [L.]
n. (cf. vasā) liquid fat, grease, [AV.]; [AitBr.]; [Kāṭh.]
vaśagāवशगाvaśa—gā f. an obedient wife, [MW.]
vaśagaवशगvaśa—ga mf(A)n. being in the power of, subject, obedient, dependent on (gen. or comp.), [MBh.] &c. &c.
(ifc.) subjugating, [Pañcar.]
vaśakāवशकाf. an obedient wife, [L.]
vaśanīवशनीvaśa—nī́ mfn. performing the will (of another), subject, vessel of (with gen.), [RV. x, 16, 2.]
vaśanaवशनn. wishing, desiring, willing &c., [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 58], Vārtt. 3 Sch.
vaśatāवशताvaśa—tā f. subjection, the being under control of, dependence on (gen. or comp.), [MBh.]; [Cat.]
the having power over (loc.), [Kāv.] (v.l.)
vaśasthaवशस्थvaśa—stha mfn. being under the control (of another), [MBh.]
vaśatasवशतस्vaśa—tas ind. (ifc.) in consequence of, on account of, through the influence of [Bhartṛ.]; [Gol.]
vaśatvaवशत्वvaśa—tva n. (ifc.) the being under the control of [VarBṛS.]
vaśagataवशगतvaśa—gata mfn. subject to the will (of another), being in the power of, obedient (ifc.), [Pañcat.]; [VarBṛS.]; [BhP.]
vaśakaraवशकरvaśa—kara mf(I)n. subjugating, winning, [MBh.]; [Hit.]
vaśanīyaवशनीयmfn. to be wished or willed, [MW.]
vaśatamāवशतमाvaśá-tamā f. (for vaśā-t°) the best cow, [AV. xii, 4, 42.]
vaśaṃgamaवशंगमvaśa—ṃ-gama mfn. subjected, influenced (said of partic. Saṃdhis), [RPrāt.]
vaśa—ṃ-gama m. du. N. of a partic. text, [Gobh.]
vaśaṃgataवशंगतvaśa—ṃ-gata mfn. = vaśa-gata above, [MW.]
vaśaṃkaraवशंकरvaśa—ṃ-kara mfn. (ifc.) subjugating, [Pañcar.]
vaśaṃkṛtaवशंकृतvaśa—ṃ-kṛta mfn. brought into subjection, [R.]
vaśaṃvadaवशंवदvaśa—ṃ-vada mfn. (mostly ifc.) submissive to the will of another, obedient, compliant, devoted or addicted to, actuated or transported or overcome with (svécchā-v°, dependent on one's own will), [Kāv.]; [Sāh.] &c.
vaśagāminवशगामिन्vaśa—gāmin mfn. coming into the power (of another), becoming subject or obedient, [MārkP.]
vaśagatvaवशगत्वvaśa—ga—tva n. (ifc.) dependence on [BhP.]
vaśakriyāवशक्रियाvaśa—kriyā f. the act of subduing or bewitching (esp. by charms, incantations, drugs, gems), [L.]
the charms &c. so used, [MW.]
vaśagamanaवशगमनvaśa—gamana n. the coming into the power (of another), [Nir.]
vaśakārakaवशकारकvaśa—kāraka mfn. leading to subjection, [Pañcat.]
vaśavartinवशवर्तिन्vaśa—vartin mfn. being under the control of, acting obediently to the will of, obsequious, subject (with gen. or comp.), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
(ifc.) having power over, ruling, [Lalit.]
having power over all, too powerful, [ib.]
vaśa—vartin m. N. of Viṣṇu, [Viṣṇ.]
of a Brāhman or Mahā-Brāhman, [Lalit.]
sg. (scil. gaṇa) or pl. a partic. class of gods in the third Manv-antara, [VP.]
vaśaṃvaditaवशंवदितvaśa—ṃ-va°dita mfn. made compliant, fascinated, [Bhām.]
vaśaṃvadatvaवशंवदत्वvaśa—ṃ-vada—tva n. submission to the will of another, complaisance, [Ragh.]