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vayas

váyas n. a web (?), [RV. ii, 31, 5.]

váyas n. (cf. 1. ví) a bird, any winged animal, the winged tribe (esp. applied to smaller birds), [RV.]; &c.

váyas n. (√ vī) enjoyment, food, meal, oblation, [RV.]; [AV.] (cf. vīti)

energy (both bodily and mental), strength, health, vigour, power, might, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] (often with bṛhát; with √ dhā and dat. or loc. of pers. ‘to bestow vigour or might on’)

vigorous age, youth, prime of life, any period of life, age, [RV.] &c. &c. (sarvāṇi vayāṃsi, animals of any age; vayasānvita or vayasātīta, aged, old)

degree, kind (in vayāṃsi pra-brūhi), [ŚBr.]