vastu वस्तु vástu f. (for 2. See p. 932, col. 3) becoming light, dawning, morning, [RV.]; [VS.] (gen. vástoḥ, in the morning; vástor vastoḥ, every morning; vástor asyā́ḥ, this morning; práti vástoḥ, towards morning; dat. vástave See under √ 2. vas). n. (for 1. See p. 931, col. 3) the seat or place of (see kapila-, vraṇa-v°) any really existing or abiding substance or essence, thing, object, article, [Kāv.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Kathās.] &c. (also applied to living beings, e.g. [Śak. ii, 7/8]) (in phil.) the real (opp. to a-v°, ‘that which does not really exist, the unreal’; a-dvitīya-v°, ‘the one real substance or essence which has no second’), [IW. 53 n. 1]; [103] &c. the right thing, a valuable or worthy object, object of or for (comp.), [Kāv.] goods, wealth, property (cf. -vinimaya and -hāni) the thing in question, matter, affair, circumstance, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. subject, subject-matter, contents, theme (of a speech &c.), plot (of a drama or poem), [Kāv.]; [Daśar.]; [Sāh.] &c. (in music) a kind of composition, [Saṃgīt.] natural disposition, essential property, [W.] the pith or substance of anything, [W.] 1. 2. See pp. 931 and 932. vastuka वस्तुक mfn. (ifc.) = 2. vastu, substance, essence (in an-ūna-v°, ‘of perfect substance or nature’, [Mālav. i, 5/6]) n. Chenopodium Album, [W.] vastutā वस्तुता vastu—tā f. (ifc.) the state of being the object of [Pañcat.] = next, [BhP.] vastutas वस्तुतस् vastu—tas ind. owing to the nature of things, [BhP.] in fact, in reality, actually, verily, essentially, [ib.]; [Rājat.]; [Sarvad.] vastutva वस्तुत्व vastu—tva n. reality, [Kap.] vastuvat वस्तुवत् vastu—vat mfn. supplied with commodities, [MW.] vastubhāva वस्तुभाव vastu—bhāva m. reality, truth (instr. pl. ‘really’), [Rājat.] vastubhūta वस्तुभूत vastu—bhūta mfn. substantial, [VP.] vastubheda वस्तुभेद vastu—bheda m. an actual or essential difference, [ib.] vastubala वस्तुबल vastu—bala n. the power of things, [Sarvad.] vastuhāni वस्तुहानि vastu—hāni f. loss of substance or property, [W.] vastujāta वस्तुजात vastu—jāta n. the aggregate of things, [Sarvad.] vastukṛta वस्तुकृत vastu—kṛta mfn. practised, cherished, [Buddh.] vastukośa वस्तुकोश vastu—kośa m. N. of a dictionary. vastupāṇi वस्तुपाणि vastu—pāṇi mfn. holding the (necessary) things in one's hand, [BhP.] vastupāla वस्तुपाल vastu—pāla m. N. of a minister of king Vīra-dhavala (died A.D. 1241), [Cat.] of a poet, [ib.] vastudharma वस्तुधर्म vastu—dharma m. sg. and pl. the true nature of things (-tva n.), [Kap.]; [Kathās.]; [Sāh.] vastuśūnya वस्तुशून्य vastu—śūnya mfn. devoid of reality, unreal, [Yogas.] vastuśakti वस्तुशक्ति vastu—śakti f. sg. and pl. the power of things, force of circumstances (-tas ind. through the force of circumstances), [Kāv.] vastumātra वस्तुमात्र vastu—mātra n. the mere outline of any subject, skeleton of a discourse, [W.] vastusthiti वस्तुस्थिति vastu—sthiti f. reality (instr. ‘in reality’), Sāṃkhyas. Sch. vastuvṛtta वस्तुवृत्त vastu—vṛtta n. the actual fact, real matter, [Mālatīm.]; [Rājat.] vastu—vṛtta n. a beautiful creature, [Mālav.], Sch. vastudharmin वस्तुधर्मिन् vastu—dhar°min mfn. dependent on the nature of a thing, objective, [Kpr.] vastuśāsana वस्तुशासन vastu—śāsana n. a genuine or original edict, [Rājat.] vastukṣaṇāt वस्तुक्षणात् vastu—kṣaṇāt ind. at the right moment, [MW.] vastupatita वस्तुपतित vastu—patita mfn. become real or corporeal, [Vajracch.] vasturacanā वस्तुरचना vastu—racanā f. arrangement of matter, elaboration of a plot, [Ratnāv.]; [Sāh.] vastutantra वस्तुतन्त्र vastu—tantra mfn. dependent on things, objective (-tva n.), [Śaṃk.] vastutattva वस्तुतत्त्व vastu—tattva n. N. of wk. vastuvicāra वस्तुविचार vastu—vicāra m. essential discrimination (personified), [Prab.] vastunirdeśa वस्तुनिर्देश vastu—nirdeśa m. table of contents, register, [Kāvyād.]; [Sāh.] vastuvivarta वस्तुविवर्त vastu—vivarta mfn. the developing of the one real Essence (so as to create the illusory external world), [Vedāntas.] vastudharmatva वस्तुधर्मत्व vastu—dharma—tva n. vastuśaktitas वस्तुशक्तितस् vastu—śakti—tas ind., through the force of circumstances vastuvinimaya वस्तुविनिमय vastu—vinimaya m. exchange of goods, barter, [MW.] vastutantratva वस्तुतन्त्रत्व vastu—tantra—tva n. vastutattvaprakāśikā वस्तुतत्त्वप्रकाशिका vastu—tattva-prakāśikā f. N. of wk. vastuvijñānaratnakośa वस्तुविज्ञानरत्नकोश vastu—vijñāna-ratna-kośa m. N. of a dictionary (= ratna-kośa).