vána n. (once m., [R. v, 50, 2]; for 2. See p. 919, col. 1) a forest, wood, grove, thicket, quantity of lotuses or other plants growing in a thick cluster (but in older language also applied to a single tree), [RV.] &c. &c.
plenty, abundance, [R.]; [Kathās.]
a foreign or distant land, [RV. vii, 1, 19] (cf. araṇya)
wood, timber, [RV.]
a wooden vessel or barrel (for the Soma juice), [RV.] (?)
a cloud (as the vessel in the sky), [ib.]
(prob.) the body of a carriage, [RV. viii, 34, 18]
water, [Naigh. i, 12]
a fountain, spring, [L.]
abode, [Nalod.]
Cyperus Rotundus, [VarBṛS.]
= raśmi, a ray of light, [Naigh. i, 4]
(prob.) longing, earnest desire, [KenUp.]
vána m. N. of a son of Uśīnara, [BhP.]
of one of the 10 orders of mendicants founded by Śaṃkarācārya (the members of which affix to their names, cf. rārmendra-v°), [W.]
ind. g. cādi.