vetā वेता f. = vetana, [L.] veta वेत m. (prob. corrupted fr. vetra; but See [Uṇ. iii, 118]) a cane, reed, [L.] vetra वेत्र m. n. (accord. to [Uṇ. iv, 166], fr. √ 1. vī; prob. connected with √ 1. ve cf. veṇu) a kind of large reed (used for making sticks, prob. Calamus Rotang or Fasciculatus), [Kauś.]; [MBh.] &c. n. a cane, staff, [VarBṛS.]; [BhP.]; [MaitrUp.], Sch. the rod or mace of an officer, staff of a door-keeper (see comp.) the tube of a flute, [Saṃgīt.] vettṛ वेत्तृ mfn. (fr. √ vid) one who knows or feels or witnesses or experiences, a knower, experiencer, witness, [ŚvetUp.]; [MBh.] &c. m. a sage, one who knows the nature of the soul and God, [W.] m. (fr. √ 3. vid) one who obtains in marriage, an espouser, husband, [Āpast.] vetālā वेताला f. a form of Durgā, [Vās.] vetālī वेताली f. N. of Durgā, [Hariv.] vetāla वेताल m. (of doubtful derivation) a kind of demon, ghost, spirit, goblin, vampire (esp. one occupying a dead body), [Hariv.]; [Kāv.]; [Kathās.] &c. N. of one of Śiva's attendants, [KālikāP.] of a teacher, [BhP.] of a poet, [Cat.] a door-keeper (?), [L.] vetana वेतन n. (accord. to [Uṇ. iii, 150] fr. √ vī, but rather connected with √ vṛt; cf. vartana) wages, hire, salary, subsistence, livelihood, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. price, [Rājat.] silver, [L.] vetasī वेतसी (ī), f. the ratan, cane, reed, [Kathās.] (°sī-taru, [Sāh.]) vetasa वेतस vetasá m. (cf. veta and vetra) the ratan (Calamus Rotang) or a similar kind of cane, a reed, rod, stick, [RV.] &c. &c. the citron (Citrus Medica), [MW.] N. of Agni, [ib.] vetasá n. a lancet shaped like a pointed leaf of the ratan, [Vāgbh.] N. of a city, [Kathās.] [cf. accord. to some, Gk. ἰτέα; Lat. vitis; Germ. wîda, Weide; Eng. withy.] vetasu वेतसु vetasú m. N. of a man or of an Asura (pl. his descendants), [RV.] vetrin वेत्रिन् mfn. (ifc.) having a cane, having anything for a cane, [MaitrUp.] m. a staff-bearer, door-keeper, [Rājat.] vetaṇḍā वेतण्डा f. a form of Durgā, [Vās.] (v.l. for vetālā). vetaṇḍa वेतण्ड m. (cf. vitaṇḍa, vedaṇḍa, vega-daṇḍa) an elephant, [Hcar.]; [Kād.]; [Bhām.] vetanin वेतनिन् mfn. receiving wages, stipendiary (mostly ifc., e.g. kupya-v°, receiving bad pay), [MBh.] vetrīya वेत्रीय mfn. (fr. vetra) g. utkarādi. vetrika वेत्रिक m. pl. N. of a people, [MBh.] (v.l. veṇika). vetasaka वेतसक m. pl. N. of a people, [MBh.] (v.l. cet°) vetasikā वेतसिका f. N. of a place, [ib.] vetasinī वेतसिनी f. N. of a river, [VP.] (cf. vedasinī). vetasvat वेतस्वत् vetas-vat mfn. abounding in reeds, [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 87] N. of a place, [PañcavBr.] vetasvin वेतस्विन् mfn. = °vat, [Hir.] vetrāgra वेत्राग्र n. the point of a reed, [Suśr.] vetrāmla वेत्राम्ल m. (prob.) = vetasāmla, [Suśr.] vetrabhṛt वेत्रभृत् vetra—bhṛt m. = -dhara, [Dharmaś.] vetrahan वेत्रहन् vetra—han m. N. of Indra, [L.] (prob. w.r. for vṛtra-han). vetravat वेत्रवत् vetra—vat mfn. containing or consisting of reeds, [BhP.] vetra—vat m. N. of a mythical being (a son of Pūṣan), [Kathās.] vettṛtva वेत्तृत्व vettṛ—tva n. knowledge, [MW.] vetanabhuj वेतनभुज् vetana—bhuj m. ‘earning wages’, a servant, [Pañcar.] vetasāmla वेतसाम्ल m. Rumex Vesicarius, [L.] vetrāghāta वेत्राघात m. a blow with a cane, a caning, [MW.] vetrāsana वेत्रासन n. ‘cane-seat’, a small oblong low couch of cane-work (used as a dooly or litter) vetrāsava वेत्रासव m. the juice or decoction of Vetra, [Suśr.] vetrāsura वेत्रासुर m. N. of an Asura, [VarP.] (v.l. vaitr°). vetrāvatī वेत्रावती vetrā-vatī f. N. of a river, [Cat.] (cf. vetra-vatī and [Vām. v, 2, 75]). vetradharā वेत्रधरा vetra—dharā f. a female door-keeper, [Ragh.] vetradhara वेत्रधर vetra—dhara m. ‘staff-bearer’, a door-keeper, [L.] vetraphala वेत्रफल vetra—phala n. the fruit of Vetra, [Suśr.] vetrakāra वेत्रकार vetra—kāra m. a worker in reed, [R.] vetrakīyā वेत्रकीया f. a reedy place, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 153], Sch. vetrakīya वेत्रकीय mfn. reedy, abounding with reeds or canes, g. naḍādi vetralatā वेत्रलता vetra—latā f. ‘reed-branch’, a staff or stick, [Pañcat.] vetranadī वेत्रनदी vetra—nadī f. N. of a river, [Divyāv.] vetrapāṇi वेत्रपाणि vetra—pāṇi m. ‘staff-handed’, a mace-bearer, [Hariv.] vetravatī वेत्रवती vetra—vatī f. a female door-keeper, [Śak.]; [Prab.] a form of Durgā, [Hariv.] (v.l. citra-rathī) N. of a river (now called the Betwā, which, rising among the Vindhya hills in the Bhopāl State and following a north-easterly direction for about 360 miles, falls into the Jumnā below Hamīrpur), [MBh.]; [R.] &c. of the mother of Vetrāsura, [VarP.] vetālāsana वेतालासन n. a kind of posture (in which the right hand holds the toe of the left foot, and the left hand holds the toe of the right foot), [L.] vetālapura वेतालपुर vetāla—pura n. N. of a town, [Siṃhās.] vetālarasa वेतालरस vetāla—rasa m. a partic. mixture, [L.] vetanādāna वेतनादान n. non-payment of wages, [Mn. viii, 218.] vetanadāna वेतनदान vetana—dāna n. the paying of wages, hiring, [Pāṇ. i, 3, 36], Sch. vetasaśākhā वेतसशाखा vetasa—śākhā́ f. a branch of reed, [ŚBr.] vetasagṛha वेतसगृह vetasa—gṛha n. an arbour formed of reeds, [Śak.] vetasamaya वेतसमय vetasa—maya mf(I)n. consisting of reeds, [Hcar.] vetradhārin वेत्रधारिन् vetra—dhārin m. ‘staff-bearer’, the servant of a great man, [Pañcad.] vetrahasta वेत्रहस्त vetra—hasta m. = -pāṇi, [Kathās.] vetrayaṣṭi वेत्रयष्टि vetra—yaṣṭi f. a staff of reed or cane, [Śak.] vetālabhaṭṭa वेतालभट्ट vetāla—bhaṭṭa m. N. of a poet (the author of the Nīti-pradīpa, and one of the 9 men of letters said to have flourished at the court of Vikramāditya; cf. nava-ratna), [Cat.] vetālasiddhi वेतालसिद्धि vetāla—siddhi f. the supernatural power of a Vetāla, [Buddh.] vetanajīvin वेतनजीविन् vetana—jīvin mfn. subsisting by wages, stipendiary, [MW.] vetasamālin वेतसमालिन् vetasa—mālin mfn. wreathed with reeds, [Ml.] vetasapuṣpa वेतसपुष्प vetasa—puṣpa n. the blossom of the ratan, [VarBṛS.] vetasavṛtti वेतसवृत्ति vetasa—vṛtti mfn. acting or pliant as a reed, [Pañcat.] vetrābhighāta वेत्राभिघात m. id., [Kautukas.] vetradhāraka वेत्रधारक vetra—dhāraka m. = -dhara, [L.] vetrakarīra वेत्रकरीर vetra—karīra m. n. the shoot or fresh sprout of a reed, [Suśr.] vetālajananī वेतालजननी vetāla—jananī f. N. of one of the Mātṛs attendant on Skanda, [MBh.] vetālakavaca वेतालकवच vetāla—kavaca n. N. of a Kavaca (q.v.), [Cat.] vetālasādhana वेतालसाधन vetāla—sādhana n. winning or securing (the favour of) a Vetāla, [Kathās.] vetālastotra वेतालस्तोत्र vetāla—stotra n. N. of a Stotra. vetasapattra वेतसपत्त्र vetasa—pattra n. the leaf of the ratan, [MārkP.] a lancet, [W.] vetradaṇḍika वेत्रदण्डिक vetra—daṇḍika m. ‘reed-staff bearer’, a door-keeper, [L.] vetragrahaṇa वेत्रग्रहण vetra—grahaṇa n. ‘grasping the staff’, the office of a door-keeper, [Ragh.] vetālākhyāyikā वेतालाख्यायिका f. N. of wk. vetālaviṃśati वेतालविंशति vetāla—viṃśati f. N. of a collection of 20 Vetāla tales by Veṅkaṭa-bhaṭṭa. vetālotthāpana वेतालोत्थापन n. the act of raising a Vetāla, [Mālatīm.] vetrāsanāsīna वेत्रासनासीन vetrāsa°nāsīna mfn. seated on such a seat, [Kum.] vetrakīyagṛha वेत्रकीयगृह vetrakīya—gṛha n. vetrakīyavana वेत्रकीयवन vetrakīya—vana n. N. of places, [MBh.] vetralatācaya वेत्रलताचय vetra—latā—caya m. a heap of sticks, [R.] vetralatāmaya वेत्रलतामय vetra—latā—maya mf(I)n. made of sticks, [Hcar.] vetālakarmajña वेतालकर्मज्ञ vetāla—karma-jña mfn. knowing the doings of a Vetāla, [VarBṛS.] vetrakīcakaveṇu वेत्रकीचकवेणु vetra—kīcaka-veṇu m. pl. different sorts of reed, [BhP.] vetasaparikṣipta वेतसपरिक्षिप्त vetasa—parikṣipta mfn. (an arbour) fenced or enclosed by reeds, [Śak.] vetravanamāhātmya वेत्रवनमाहात्म्य vetra—vana-māhātmya n. N. of wk. vetālapañcaviṃśati वेतालपञ्चविंशति vetāla—pañca-viṃśati or vetāla—pañca-viṃśa°tikā, f. a collection of 25 tales or fables told by a Vetāla or demon to king Vikramāditya (of which there are 5 recensions extant, one by Kṣemendra in his Bṛhat-kathā-mañjarī, one by Soma-deva in the Kathā-sarit-sāgara, and the other three by Jambhala-datta, Vallabha, and Śiva-dāsa ; versions of these popular tales exist in Hindī, Tamil and Telugu, and almost every Hindū vernacular). vetravyāsaktahasta वेत्रव्यासक्तहस्त vetra—vyāsakta-hasta mfn. one whose hands cling to a reed or reeds, [MBh.] vetālapañcaviṃśatikā वेतालपञ्चविंशतिका vetāla—pañca-viṃśati or vetāla—pañca-viṃśa°tikā, f. a collection of 25 tales or fables told by a Vetāla or demon to king Vikramāditya (of which there are 5 recensions extant, one by Kṣemendra in his Bṛhat-kathā-mañjarī, one by Soma-deva in the Kathā-sarit-sāgara, and the other three by Jambhala-datta, Vallabha, and Śiva-dāsa ; versions of these popular tales exist in Hindī, Tamil and Telugu, and almost every Hindū vernacular).