m. (prob. later form of vṛṣan) a man, male, husband, [KāśīKh.]
the male of any animal (see aśva-v°)
a bull (in older language only ifc.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
the zodiacal sign Taurus, [VarBṛS.]
a strong or potent man (one of the four classes into which men are divided in erotic works.), [L.]
the chief of a class or anything the most excellent or preeminent or best of its kind (e.g. vṛṣo 'ṅgulinām, the chief among fingers, the thumb; vṛṣo gavām or simply vṛṣaḥ, the bull among cows, the principal die in a game at dice; often ifc., e.g. kapivṛṣāḥ, the chief monkeys), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
Justice or Virtue personified as a bull or as Śiva's bull, [Mn. viii, 16]; [Pur.]; [Kāvyād.]
just or virtuous act, virtue, moral merit, [Śiś.]; [Vās.]
N. of Śiva, [MBh.]
semen virile, [Vās.]
water, [ib.], Sch.
a mouse or rat (cf. vṛ́śa and -daṃśa), [L.]
an enemy, [L.]
a partic. form of a temple, [VarBṛS.]
a piece of ground suitable for the foundation of a house, [L.]
N. of Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa, [MBh.]
of Indra, [MārkP.]
of the Sun, [ib.]
of Kāma-deva, [L.]
of the regent of the Karaṇa Catuṣ-pada, [VarBṛS.]
of Indra in the 11th Manvantara, [Pur.]
of a Sādhya, [Hariv.]
of one of Skanda's attendants, [MBh.]
of an Asura (= vṛṣabha), [Kāvyād.]
of two sons of Kṛṣṇa, [BhP.]
of Karṇa, [MBh.]
of a son of Vṛṣa-sena and grandson of Karṇa, [Hariv.]
of a Yādava and son of Madhu, [ib.]
of a son of Sṛñjaya, [BhP.]
of an ancient king, [MBh.]
of one of the 10 horses of the Moon, [L.]
N. of various plants ([L.] Gendarussa Vulgaris or Adhatoda; Boerhavia Procumbens or Variegata; a species of bulbous plant growing on the Himavat &c.), [Kāṭh.]; [Suśr.]
n. a woman's apartment, [L.]
myrobalan, [L.]; a peacock's plumage or tail, [L.]
[cf. Lat. verres for verses; Lith. vèrszis.]
(not always separable from 1. ), in comp. for vṛṣan.