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vāta

mfn. (for 2. See p. 939, col. 3) blown &c.

vā́ta m. wind or the wind-god (pl. also ‘the Maruts’, cf. vāyu), [RV.] &c. &c.

wind, air, [Hit.]

wind emitted from the body, [MBh. iv, 117]

wind or air as one of the humours of the body (also called vāyu, māruta, pavana, anila, samīraṇa), [Kathās.]; [Suśr.] &c.

morbid affection of the windy humour, flatulence, gout, rheumatism &c., [VarBṛS.]; [Śṛṅgār.]

N. of a people (see vāta-pati and vātādhipa)

of a Rākṣasa, [VP.]

of a son of Śūra, [ib.]

&c. See p. 934, col. 2 &c.

mfn. (fr. √ van) = vanita, solicited, wished for, desired (cf. vivasvad-v°)

attacked, assailed, injured, hurt (cf. 3. a-v° and nivāta).

mfn. (for 1. and 2. See pp. 934, 939) dried up (see 1. a-vātá).