vṛṣā वृषा (ā), f. Gendarussa Vulgaris or Adhatoda, [L.] Salvinia Cucullata, [L.] Mucuna Pruritus, [L.] N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.] in comp. for vṛṣa or vṛṣan. vṛṣāṇa वृषाण m. N. of Bāṇa (an attendant of Śiva), [L.] vṛṣāya वृषाय (in [Padap.] °ṣaya) Nom. P. °yati, to cause any object (acc.) to rain, [RV. x, 98, 1]; Ā. °yáte, to burn with sexual desire, be ruttish, [RV.]; [Car.]; to long or be eager for, advance upon (acc. dat., or loc.), [RV.]; to roar like a bull, [BhP.] vṛṣākhya वृषाख्य n. N. of a partic. magical formula recited over, weapons, [R.] vṛṣāṅka वृषाङ्क m. ‘bull-marked’, N. of Śiva, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. ‘marked by virtue’, a pious man, [L.] the marking-nut plant, [L.] a eunuch, [L.] vṛṣāṇḍa वृषाण्ड m. ‘having a bull's testicles’, N. of an Asura, [MBh.] vṛṣādri वृषाद्रि m. N. of a mountain, [Cat.] vṛṣāgir वृषागिर् vṛṣā—gir m. ‘strong-voiced’, N. of a man (cf. varṣāgiri). vṛṣākṣa वृषाक्ष mfn. bull-eyed (applied to Viṣṇu), [Hariv.] vṛṣānna वृषान्न n. strong or nourishing food, [Kauś.] (cf. vṛṣabhānna). vṛṣāyudh वृषायुध् vṛṣā—yúdh mfn. combating men, [RV.] vṛṣāṇaka वृषाणक m. N. of the author of [RV. x, 136, 4] (having the part. Vātaraśana), [Anukr.] of Śiva, [L.] of one of Śiva's attendants, [L.] vṛṣāśīla वृषाशील vṛṣā—śīla mfn. (used to explain vṛṣala), [Nir. iii, 16] (cf. vṛṣa-ś°). vṛṣāhāra वृषाहार m. ‘feeding on rats’, a cat, [L.] vṛṣākapi वृषाकपि vṛṣā́—kapi (vṛṣā́-), m. ‘man-ape’, N. of a semi-divine being standing in a partic. relation to Indra and Indrāṇī, [RV. x, 86] (by the Comm. identified with the Sun; also supposed to be the son of Indra and the author of the above hymn; cf. [RTL. 222 n. 1]) the sun, [MBh.] fire, [Hariv.] N. of Śiva, [MBh.]; [Kathās.] of Indra, [BhP.] of Viṣṇu, [MBh.] of one of the 11 Rudras, [ib.] of the hymn attributed to Vṛṣā-kapi, [AitBr.] vṛṣākara वृषाकर m. a kind of bean, Phaseolus Radiatus, [L.] vṛṣākṛti वृषाकृति mfn. bull-shaped (applied to Viṣṇu), [MBh.] vṛṣārava वृषारव vṛṣā—rava m. ‘roaring like a bull’, a kind of animal, [ib.] a kind of mallet or drumstick, [TBr.]; [ŚBr.] vṛṣāvāha वृषावाह m. a kind of wild grain or rice, [L.] vṛṣāyaṇa वृषायण m. a sparrow, [L.] N. of Śiva, [MW.] vṛṣāṅkaja वृषाङ्कज vṛṣāṅka—ja m. ‘Śiva-produced’, a kind of small drum (held in one hand and played by means of a string attached to it = ḍamaru), [L.] vṛṣāñcana वृषाञ्चन m. ‘bull-going’, ‘borne on a bull’, N. of Śiva, [L.] vṛṣādarbha वृषादर्भ vṛṣā—darbha ([BhP.]) m. N. of a son of Śibi (cf. vṛṣa-d°). vṛṣādarbhi वृषादर्भि vṛṣā—darbhi ([MBh.]) m. N. of a son of Śibi (cf. vṛṣa-d°). vṛṣāmitra वृषामित्र m. N. of a Brāhman, [MBh.] vṛṣāntaka वृषान्तक m. ‘destroyer of Vṛṣa’, N. of Kṛṣṇa or Viṣṇu, [L.] (cf. vṛṣa-śatru, col. 1). vṛṣākapāyī वृषाकपायी vṛṣā—kapāyī f. the wife of Vṛṣā-kapi (see next), [RV.] (by the Comm. identified with Dawn) = śrī gaurī svāhā śacī, [L.] Asparagus Racemosus and = jīvantī, [L.] vṛṣākrāntā वृषाक्रान्ता f. (a cow) covered by a bull, [L.] vṛṣāmodinī वृषामोदिनी vṛṣā—modinī f. enjoying the male, [Kāṭh.] vṛṣākapiśastra वृषाकपिशस्त्र vṛṣā—kapi—śastra n. N. of wk.