m. (n.gaRaardharcādi-) "brilliant (season)", spring (comprising according to to some, the months caitra- and vaiśākha- or from the middle of March to that of MaySeeṛtu-;often personified and considered as a friend or attendant of kāmadeva-, the god of love) etc.
वसन्तः [वस्-झच् Uṇ.3.128] 1 The spring, vernal season (comprising the two months चैत्र and वैशाख); मधुमाधवौ वसन्तः Su&śr.; सर्वं प्रिये चारुतरं वसन्ते Ṛs.6.2; विहरति हरिरिह सरसवसन्ते Gīt.1. -2 Spring personified as a deity and regarded as a companion of Kāmadeva; सुहृदः पश्य वसन्त किं स्थितम् Ku.4.27. -3 Dysentery. -4 Smallpox. -5 (In dramas) A nickname for the Vidūṣaka or buffoon. -Comp. -अवतारः the advent or setting in of the spring; वसन्तावतारसमये$स्या उन्मादयितृकं रूपं प्रेक्ष्य Ś.1. -उत्सवः the vernal festival, spring-festivities, formerly held on the full-moon day of Chaitra, but now on the full-moon day of Phālguna, and identified with the Holi festival. -कालः the spring-tide, vernal season. -कुसुमः Cordia Latifolia (Mar. गोंधणी). -घोषिन् m. a cuckoo. -जा 1 the Vāsantī or Mādhavī creeper. -2 the spring festival; see वसन्तोत्सव. -तिलकः, -कम् the ornament of the spring; फुल्लं वसन्ततिलकं तिलकं वनाल्याः Chand. M.5. (-कः -का -कम्) N. of a metre. -दूतः 1 the cuckoo. -2 the month called Chaitra. -3 the musical mode हिन्दोल. -4 the mango tree. -दूती 1 the trumpet-flower. -2 the female cuckoo. -3 Bignonia Suaveolens (Mar. पाटला). -द्रुः, द्रुमः the mango tree. -पञ्चमी the fifth day in the bright half of Māgha. -बन्धुः, -योधः, -सखः epithets of the god of love.
m. [brilliant season: fr. pr. pt. of √ 1. vas] spring (also personified); N.: -ka, m. id.; -kâla, m. spring time; -tila ka, n. ornament of spring; a metre (also â, f.); m. N.; -pushpa, n. flower of spring; -bandhu, m. friend of spring, god of love; -bhânu, m. N. of a king; mahotsava, m. great spring festival; -yodha, m. spring as a warrior; -râga, m. king spring; N. of a grammarian: î-ya, n. work composed by Vasanta-râga; -½ritu, m. spring season; -lekhâ, f. N.; -srî, f. pomp of spring; -sakha, m. friend of spring, ep. of the wind blowing from the Malaya; -samaya, m. spring-time: -½utsava, m. spring festival, lovely time of spring; -sahâya, m. god of love; -sena, m. N. of a king: â, f. N.
noun (masculine) a particular metre (4 times) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular time (in music) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
diarrhoea (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
spring (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) the Indian cuckoo (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the mango tree (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the month Caitra (March-āpril) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) a plant like the Premna Spinosa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Bignonia Suaveoleus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Gaertnera Racemosa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the female of the Indian cuckoo (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a particular tree (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a species of Śyonāka (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
spring (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a kind of metre (four times) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular mixture (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the blossom of the Tilaka (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the ornament of spring (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a beautiful spring season (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a festival in honour of Kāmadeva in the moon Caitra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Name einer Pflanze (suvasantaka?)
the day of full moon in the month Caitra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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