Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

vaśya वश्य – controllable; obedient

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary adjective

controllable; obedient

Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

vaśya ·a. submissive, obedient, yielding to (gen. or --°); n. might, power. Abstr. °tā f., °tva n.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

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Vaśya, as, ā, am, to be subjected, able to be subdued, controllable, governable; subdued, tamed, humbled; under control, obedient, dutiful, docile, tame, humble; (as), m. a dependant, slave; (ā), f. a docile and obedient wife; (am), n. cloves.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

váśya (von 1. vaśa) 1〉 adj. in Jmdes (gen.) Gewalt stehend, sich in Jmdes Willen fügend, gehorsam, folgsam P. 4,4,86. AK. 3,1,25. H. 432. MBH. 1,3419. MBH. 3,10093. MBH. 3,16013. MBH. 5,783. MBH. 13,1192. MBH. 13,4297. MBH. 13,4759. MBH. 14,894. R. 2,21,56. R. 2,30,9. R. 2,31,10. R. GORR. 2,117,18. R. GORR. 5,78,4. R. GORR. 7,75,7. Spr. 1783. Spr. 2319. Spr. 2947. Spr. 4572. Spr. 5102. KĀM. NĪTIS. 4,65 (nach der Lesart des Comm.). KATHĀS. 11,9. KATHĀS. 11,12. KATHĀS. 30,70. KATHĀS. 46,242. KATHĀS. 56,268. PRAB. 99,8. MĀRK. P. 39,17. fg. MĀRK. P. 120,13. PAÑCAT. 23,3. PAÑCAT. 46,20. PAÑCAT. 146,24. PAÑCAT. 156,10. VET. in LA. (III) 26,6, v. l. indriyāṇi KAṬHOP. 3,6. HARIV. 14714. R. 3,13,5. Spr. 2758. vaśyātman BHAG. 6,36. MBH. 5,994 (S. 124). R. GORR. 2,1,12. R. GORR. 4,44,120. MĀRK. P. 16,5. vaśyāgnivaruṇa KATHĀS. 56,398. mamaite viṣayā vaśyā nāhameteṣāṃ vaśyaḥ SARVADARŚANAS. 169,5. SARVADARŚANAS. 169,6. madvaśya HARIV. 3922. R. GORR. 2,10,24. KATHĀS. 43,71. indriyairātmavaśyaiḥ BHAG. 2,64. svavaśyairvājibhiḥ R. 6,19,48. strī˚ PAÑCAT. 223,18. mano˚ MBH. 14,1451. mṛtyu˚ R. 3,35,73. śāpa˚ R. 6,37,48. R. 6,98,28. MĀRK. P. 113,9. samādhi˚ KUMĀRAS. 3,50. indriyāṇyavaśyāni KAṬHOP. 3,5. kimavaśyaṃ priyavacasām Spr. 684. mantrānvaśyān vielleicht so v. a. nach Wunsch zur Hand seiend MBH. 2,681. — 2〉 m. N. pr. eines Sohnes des Āgnidhra MĀRK. P. 53,34. ramya andere Autt. — 3〉 f. vaśyā s. u. 4〉. — 4〉 n. Macht, Gewalt: dhātrī vaśyaṃ sāgarāntābhyupaiti VARĀH. BṚH. S. 88,18. vaśyārthe heisst Agni kāmadaḥ GṚHYAS. 1,10. die übernatürliche Macht Andere seinem Willen zu unterwerfen; eine darauf gerichtete Zauberhandlung PRAB. 61,16. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 97,b,33. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 98,a,1. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 98,a,6. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 100,a,40. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 105,a,11. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 322,a, No. 764. Verz. d. B. H. No. 905. fg. sarva˚ Verz. d. Oxf. H. 107,a, No. 163. auch vaśyā f. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 98,a,3. — Vgl. avaśyam, kāmavaśya, para˚, pāra˚ (auch Verz. d. Oxf. H. 120,a,33).

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

vaśya 1〉 ein Zauberspruch Spr. (II) 2451.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

vaśya — 1〉 Adj. in Jmds (Gen. oder im Comp. vorangehend) Gewalt stehend, sich in Jmds Willen fügend, gehorsam, folgsam, nach Wunsch zur Verfügung stehend. — 2〉 m. N. pr. eines Sohnes des Āgnīdhra. — 3〉 f. ā = 4〉b〉. — 4〉 n. — a〉 Macht, Gewalt. — b〉 die übernatürliche Macht Andere seinem Willen zu unterwerfen und eine darauf gerichtete Zauberhandlung.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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vaśya a. [vaś-yat] 1 Capable of being subdued, controllable, governable; ātmavaśyairvidheyātmā prasādamadhigacchati Bg. 2. 64. 2 Subdued, conquered, tamed, humbled; Bg. 6. 36. 3 Under influence or control, subject, ([Page 0952-c]) dependent, obedient; tasya putro bhavedvaśyaḥ samṛddho dhārmikaḥ sudhīḥ H. Pr. 18; oft. in comp.; (manaḥ) hṛdi vyavasthāpya samādhivaśyaṃ Ku. 3. 50. — śyaḥ A servant, dependant. — śyā An humble or obedient wife; yaṃ brāhmaṇamiyaṃ devī vāgvaśyevānuvartate U. 1. 2 (who has full command of language). — śyaṃ Cloves.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

vaśya unterthan, gehorsam, folgsam (Gen. o. —˚). n. Macht, Gewalt. Abstr. ˚tā f., ˚tva n.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

vaśya vaśya a. (sfx. ya) soumis, obéissant. — S. m. f. personne soumise; esclave. — S. n. clous de girofle. vaśyakā f. femme soumise. vaśyātman a. qui est maître de lui-même.

Derived words

  • vaśyatā वश्यता substantive feminine mastery

Occurrences in source texts (3)

HP 2 occurrences
HP 2.15-2.20: Correct Practice 1 occurrence

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HP 2.24-2.29: Dhauti and Basti 1 occurrence

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PYS 1 occurrence
PYS 2.54-55: Pratyāhāra 1 occurrence

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