(a Vedic root connected with1. uṣ-q.v;not in ) cl.6 P., ucch/ati- (perfect tenseuv/āsa-, ūṣ/uḥ- etc.; Aoristavāt-[?] ; avasran-; Conditionalavatsyat-;Ved. infinitive moodv/astave-, -/uṣi-), to shine, grow bright (especially applied to the dawn) ; to bestow by shining upon (dative case) ; (with dūr/e-) to drive away by shining : Causalvās/ayati-, to cause to shine [ confer, comparevasar-in vasar-han-; Greek for ; Latin ve1retc.]
cl.10 P.vāsayati- (Aoristavīvasat-), to love ; to cut off ; to accept, take ; to offer ; to kill (ni-vāsita-,killed) (only with preposition;Seepari-vas-;but according to to some the imperativevasiṣva-[ ] and uṣa-,"a lover"[ ], and v/asiṣṭha-[ ] belong also to this root, which has developed an obscene meaning = Greek , futuere) .
cl.2 A1. () v/aste- (imperativevasiṣva-; vaddhvam-; parasmE-padav/asāna-,once usān/a-and us/amāna-; perfect tensevavase-; vāvase-, parasmE-padasān/a-; Aoristavasiṣṭa-; futurevasitā-grammar; vasiṣyate-; vatsyati-; infinitive moodvasitum-; ind.p.vasitvā-; -vasya-), to put on, invest, wear, (clothes etc.) , assume (a form etc.) , enter into etc. etc.: Causalvās/ayati-, te- (Passive voicevāsyate-), to cause or allow to put on or wear (clothes) , clothe (A1."one's self") with (instrumental case) : Desiderativevivasiṣate-grammar : Intensivevāvasyate-, vāvasti- [ confer, compareGreek for ; Latin vestis; Gothic wasjan; Anglo-Saxon werian; English wear.]
(in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'), clothed in, wearing (exempli gratia, 'for example'preta-cūvara-vas-,"wearing the garments of dead men") .
cl.1 P. () v/asati- (mc. also te-; perfect tenseuvāsa-, ūṣuḥ- etc.; parasmE-padavāvasāna-; -vāsāṃ cakre-; Aoristavātsīt-; avāksam- [where it is artificially connected with vāc-]; avāstam-; futurevastā-grammar; vatsyati-, te- etc.; vasiṣyati-; infinitive moodvastum-, vasitum- etc.; ind.p.uṣitv/ā-; uṣṭvā-; -/uṣya- etc.), to dwell, live, stop (at a place), stay (especially "overnight" , with or without rātrim-or rātrīs-) etc. ; to remain, abide with or in (with locative case of Persian; locative case or accusative of place, especially with vāsam-or vasatim-) etc. ; to remain or keep on or continue in any condition (with a pp., exempli gratia, 'for example' with channa-,"to continue to be covered" ;or with an accusative,with brahmacaryam-,"to practise chastity" ;or with an adverbexempli gratia, 'for example' with sukham-,"to live pleasantly or at ease";with or without dūratas-,"to keep aloof") etc. ; to have sexual intercourse with (locative case) ; to rest upon (locative case) ; to charge or entrust with (instrumental case) ; cl.10 P.vasayati-, to dwell : Passive voiceuṣyate- (Aoristavāsi-), to be dwelt etc. etc.: Causalvās/ayati-, te- (confer, compare; Aoristavīvasat- : Passive voicevāsy/ate-, ti-), to cause to halt or stay (overnight), lodge, receive hospitably or as a guest etc. ; to cause to have sexual intercourse with (locative case) ; to let anything stand overnight (with tisro-, scilicetratrīs-,"three nights") ; to cause to wait, keep in suspense ; to delay, retard ; to cause to exist, preserve ; to cause to be inhabited, populate (a country) ; to put in, place upon (locative case) (anadhyāyam mukhe-,to put restraint on the mouth, refrain from speaking) ; to produce : Desiderativevivatsati-, to wish to dwell : Intensivevāvasyate-, vāvasti-, to remain, be in, be engaged in [ confer, compareGothic wisan; German wësan,ge-wesen,waretc.; Anglo-Saxon wësan; English was,were.]
वस् I. 1 P. (वसति, sometimes वसते, उवास, अवात्सीत्, वत्स्यति, वस्तुम्, उषित) 1 To dwell, inhabit, live, stay, abide, reside (usually with loc.; but sometimes acc.); धीरसमीरे यमुनातीरे वसति वने वनमाली Gīt.5. -2 To be, exist, be found in; वसन्ति हि प्रेम्णि गुणा न वस्तुनि Ki.8.37; यत्राकृतिस्तत्र गुणा वसन्ति; भूतिः श्रीर्ह्रीर्धृतिः कीर्तिर्दक्षे वसति नालसे Subhāṣ. -3 To spend, pass (as time) (with acc.). -Caus. 1 To cause to dwell, to dwell, lodge, people. -2 To receive hospitably. -3 To dwell, inhabit. -Desid. (विवत्सति) To wish to dwell. -II. 2 Ā. (वस्ते) To wear, put on; वसने परिधूसरे वसाना Ś.7.21; Śi.9.75; R.12.8; Ku.3.54;7.9; Bk.4.1. -Caus. (वासयति-ते) To cause to put on. -III. 4 P. (वस्यति) 1 To be straight. -2 To be firm. -3 To fix. -IV. 1 P. (वसयति) To dwell; L. D. B. -V. 1 U. (वासयति-ते) 1 To cut, divide, cut off. -2 To love. -3 To take, accept. -4 To hurt, kill. -5 To offer. -VI. 1 U. (वसयति-ते) To scent, perfume.
vas, enc. prs. prn. A. you, i. 85, 6; iv. 51, 10. 11; D. to or for you, i. 85, 6. 12; iv. 51, 4; x. 15, 4. 6; G.of you, ii. 33, 13; x. 34, 12. 14 [Av. vō, Lat. vōs].
verb (class 2 parasmaipada) to abide with or in (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to be dwelt (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to dwell (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to live (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to remain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to remain or keep on or continue in any condition (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to stay (esp. "overnight") (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to stop (at a place) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 parasmaipada) to assume (a form etc.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to enter into (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to invest (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to put on (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to wear (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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