Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

vaśyatā वश्यता – mastery

substantive feminine

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive feminine

mastery

Derived from

  1. vaśya वश्य adjective — controllable; obedient
  2. tā ता suffix — abstract-noun suffix -tā
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

—Vaśya- tā, f. or vaśya-tva, am, n. subjugation, fitness for subjection, humility.

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

vaśyatā (von vaśya) f. das in-der-Gewalt-Stehen, Unterwürfigkeit, Folgsamkeit, Gehorsam: piturmātuśca R. 2,30,32. indriyāṇām YOGAS. 2,55. VP._in_SARVADARŚANAS. 177,17. vaśyatāṃ gam, i in Jmdes (gen.) Gewalt kommen MBH. 1,1613. HARIV. 3689. Spr. 2868. CHANDOM. 92. kaṣṭā kustrīṣu vaśyatā KATHĀS. 61,308. roṣasya vaśyatāṃ yāti R. 4,35,11. strī˚ HARIV. 7266.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

vaśyatā f. und vaśyatva n. das in der Gewalt Stehen von (Gen. oder im Comp. vorangehend), Unterwürfigkeit, Folgsamkeit, Gehorsam.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

PYS 1 occurrence
PYS 2.54-55: Pratyāhāra 1 occurrence

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