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vah

cl.1 P. A1. (

) v/ahati-, te- (in later language A1.only mc.;Vedic forms which may partly belong to the Aorist are v/akṣi-, voḍham-, ḍh/ām-or voḷham-, ḷh/ām-, uhīta-, v/akṣva-, voḍhvam-, ūḍhvam-, /uhāna-; perfect tense uvāha-, ūh/uḥ-; ūh/e-

etc.; vavāha-, hatuḥ-

; Aorist Ved. /avākṣīt-or /avāṭ- subjunctive v/akṣat-, ati-, preceding uhyāt-; avakṣi-, avoḍha- grammar; future voḍh/ā-

; vakṣy/ati-, te-

etc.; vahiṣyati-

etc.; infinitive mood voḍhum-

etc. etc. [Ved. also ḍhave-and ḍhavai-]; vāhe-

; v/ahadhyai-

; ind.p. ūḍhvā-

; -/uhya-

etc.; confer, compare 1. ūh-), to carry, transport, convey (with instrumental case of vehicle)

etc. ; to lead, conduct (especially offerings to the gods, said of agni-)

; to bear along (water, said of rivers)

; to draw (a car), guide (horses etc.)

; to lead towards, to bring, procure, bestow

; to cause, effect

; to offer (a sacrifice)

; to spread, diffuse (scent)

; to shed (tears)

; to carry away, carry off, rob

etc. ; to lead home, take to wife, marry

etc. ; to bear or carry on or with (Inc. or instrumental case)

etc. ; to take or carry with or about one's self, have, possess

; to wear (clothes)

; (with śiras-) to bear one's head (uccaiś-tarām-,"high")

; (with vasuṃdharām-or kṣmā-maṇḍālam-) to support id est rule the earth

; (with garbham-) to be with child

; to bear, suffer, endure

; to forbear, forgive, pardon

; to undergo (with agnim-, viṣam-, tulām-,"the ordeal of fire, poison, and the balance")

; to experience, feel

etc. ; to exhibit, show, betray

; to pay (a fine)

; to pass, spend (time)

; (intrans.) to drive, ride, go by or in (with instrumental case of the vehicle) , be borne or carried along, run, swim etc.

etc. ; to draw (scilicet a carriage, said of a horse)

; to blow (as wind)

; to pass away, elapse

: Passive voice uhy/ate- (Epic also ti-; Aorist avāhi-), to be carried (uhyamāna-,"being carried") etc. ; to be drawn or borne by (instrumental case) or along or off

etc. etc.: Causal vāhayati- (mc. also te-; Aorist avīvahat-; Passive voice vāhyate-), to cause to bear or carry or convey or draw (with two accusative

Va1rtt. 6

), drive (a chariot), guide or ride (a horse), propel (a boat), go or travel by any vehicle

etc. ; to cause to guide (two accusative)

; to cause any one (accusative) to carry anything (accusative) on (locative case)

; to cause to take in marriage

; to cause to be conveyed by (instrumental case)

; to traverse (a road)

; to accomplish (a journey)

; to employ, keep going or in work

; to give, administer (See vāhita-) ; to take in, deceive (See idem or '1. 2. vasra-. See p.932, and column 1.'): Desiderative vivakṣati-, te- grammar : Intensive vanīvāhy/ate-, to carry hither and thither (confer, compare vanīv/āhana-and vanīvāhit/a-) ; vāvahīti-, to bear (a burden)

; vāvahyate-, vāvoḍhi- grammar ([ confer, compare Greek for , ; Latin vehere,vehiculum; Slavonic or Slavonian vesti; Lithuanian ve4z3ti; Gothic gawigan; German wëgan,bewegen; English weigh.])

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