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vāna

mfn. (for 2. See p. 940) blown &c. (cf. nir-vāṇa)


n. blowing, [L.]


a perfume, fragrance, [L.]


living, [ib.]


going, moving, rolling, [W.]


the rolling of water or of the tide (esp. the high wave in Indian rivers, commonly called ‘the Bore’), [ib.]


mfn. (fr. √ vai; for 1. See p. 935, col. 3) dried &c.


n. dry or dried fruit, [L.]


a kind of bamboo manna, [L.]


n. (fr. √ ve) the act of weaving or sewing, [Nyāyam.]; [Sāy.] (reckoned among the 64 Kalās)


a mat of straw, [L.]


m. or n. (?) a hole in the wall of a house, [L.]


m. an intelligent man, [L.]


N. of Yama, [L.]


mf(I)n. (fr. 1. vana, p. 917) relating to a wood or to a dwelling in a wood &c., [W.]


n. a dense wood, [Nalod.]


a multitude of woods or groves or thickets, [W.]


&c. See 3. , p. 940, col. 2.


mfn. dried &c. (see 2. , p. 940, col. 2).