cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xiii, 19]; [20]; [xix, 42]) vánati (Ved. also °te, and vanáti); cl. 8. P. Ā. ([xxx, 8]) vanóti, vanuté (pf. vāvā́na, vāvántha, vavanmá, vavné; p. vavanvás, [RV.]; aor. vanta, váṃsva, [ib.]; vaṃsat, °sate, [ib.]; vaniṣat, [AV.]; °ṣanta, [TS.]; vanuṣanta, [RV.]; Pot. vaṃsīmahi, vasīmahi, [ib.]; Prec. vaniṣīṣṭa, [RV.] vaṃsiṣīya, [AV.]; fut. vanitā Gr.; vaniṣyate, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; inf. vanitum Gr.; -vantave, [RV.]), to like, love, wish, desire, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Kāṭh.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; to gain, acquire, procure (for one's self or others), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; to conquer, win, become master of, possess, [RV.]; [AV.]; to prepare, make ready for, aim at, attack, [RV.]; to hurt, injure, [MW.] ([Dhātup.] also ‘to sound’; ‘to serve, honour, worship, help, aid’) : Caus. vanayati or vānayati, [Dhātup. xix, 68]; [xxxix, 33] v.l. (cf. saṃ-√ van) : Desid. vívāsati, °te, to attract, seek to win over, [RV.] : Intens. (only vāvánaḥ and vāvandhí; but cf. vanīvan) to love, like, [RV.]
[cf. Lat. venia, Venus; Got. gawinnan; Germ. gewinnen; Eng. to win.]
ván = vána (only in gen. and loc. pl. vanā́m, váṃsu), ‘wood’ or ‘a wooden vessel’, [RV.]
love, worship, [L.]