(prob. corrupted fr. √ vraj) cl. 1. P. vajati (pf. vavāja fut. vajitā &c. Gr.), to go, [Dhātup. vii, 78]: Caus. or cl. 10. P. vājayati, to prepare the way, to trim or feather an arrow (mārga-, or mārgaṇa-saṃskāre), [Dhātup. xxxii, 74]. Another √ or uj, ‘to be hard or strong’, may be inferred from ugra, ojas, vajra, vāja (qq.vv.), the last of which gave rise to the Nom. vājaya, q.v. [For cognate words See under ugra and ojas.]