(in [Dhātup. xxi, 13] v.l. for veṇ, q.v.) cl. 1. P. vénati, to care or long for, be anxious, yearn for, [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; to tend outwards (said of the vital air), [AitBr.]; to be homesick, [TBr.]; to be envious or jealous, [RV.] (accord. to [Naigh. ii, 6] and [14] also ‘to go’ and ‘to worship’).