Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

vāha वाह – team; vehicle

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine

team; vehicle

Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

vāhá ·a. carrying, drawing, flowing (--°); m. beast for draught, horse, bull etc., waggon or any vehicle; adj. --° riding or going in. n. drawing, driving, riding, carrying, bearing, flowing.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

Vāha, as, ā, am, bearing, carrying, (ati-bhāra- vāha, carrying too heavy burdens); (as), m. bear- ing, carrying, drawing; a bearer, porter, carrier of burdens, &c.; any animal used for draught, a beast of burden; a horse; a buffalo; a bull; any vehicle, carriage, conveyance, car; the arm; air, wind; a measure of capacity containing ten Kumbhas (nearly equal to the weight of an English wey).

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

vāhá (von 1. vah) 1〉 adj. (f. ā) ziehend u. s. w.; tragend: hemaratnādibhāra˚ KATHĀS. 51,213. śivikā˚ BHĀG. P. 5,10,1. fliessend: nadīmubhayatovāhām BHĀG. P. 6,5,8. sich unterziehend, sich hingebend: dharma˚ MBH. 13,7398. — 2〉 m. a〉 Zugthier, Reitthier, Vehikel überh. ṚV. 4,57,4. ṚV. 4,57,8. AV. 6,102,1. KAṬHOP. 1,26. vāhānna pīḍayet KṚṢISAM̃GR. 7,9. fgg. kṣatriyasyaiṣa vāhaḥ MBH. 3,13190. yo vāhānkurute munīn MBH. 5,463. indrasya vājino vāhā hastino 'tha rathāstathā MBH. 5,456. Spr. 1570. yānaṃ ˚viyuktam VARĀH. BṚH. S. 46,60. BHĀG. P. 8,10,25. BHĀG. P. 9,15,24. mahendra˚ BHĀG. P. 2,7,25. BHĀG. P. 6,11,10. BHĀG. P. 6,11,12. Pferd AK. 2,8,2,12. H. 1233. H. an. 2,602. MED. h. 9. HALĀY. 2,281. MBH. 1,6484. MBH. 2,2086. MBH. 3,943. MBH. 3,2535. MBH. 3,12003. MBH. 3,15609. MBH. 3,15727. MBH. 4,1648. MBH. 10,2. MBH. 12,6041. MBH. 13,3505. HARIV. 5489. RAGH. 4,56. RAGH. 5,73. RAGH. 14,52. KATHĀS. 59,121. KATHĀS. 67,24 (˚vidyārahasyavid). KATHĀS. 75,92. RĀJA-TAR. 6,251. PRAB. 79,8. BHĀG. P. 1,10,35. BHĀG. P. 1,14,13. BHĀG. P. 7,10,65. BHĀG. P. 8,10,40. Stier H. an. MED. KUMĀRAS. 7,49. Wagen: aśvayuktamiva vāham ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 2,9. MBH. 1,3680. MBH. 3,698. MBH. 3,11903. MBH. 15,905. BHĀG. P. 6,8,1. Am Ende eines adj. comp. (f. ā) — zum Vehikel habend: vṛṣabha˚ reitend auf MBH. 13,891. HARIV. 10682. siṃhavāhā HARIV. 9428. haṃsa˚ BHĀG. P. 7,3,24. garuḍa˚, ibhāri˚ BHĀG. P. 8,10,55. siṃha˚ BHĀG. P. 11,14. vimāna˚ fahrend in HARIV. 8586. — b〉 Wind MED. ŚABDAR._im_ŚKDR. — c〉 ein best. Hohlmaass AK. 2,9,89. H. an. MED. = Droṇī ŚĀRṄG. SAṂH. 1,1,21. = 4 Bhāra BHAR._zu_AK. = 10 Kumbha SVĀMIN_zu_AK. nach ŚKDR. — d〉 bildliche Bez. des Veda KUVALAY. 105,b,4. — e〉 nom. act. das Ziehen: ˚saṃpīḍitā dhuryāḥ MBH. 12,9384. das Fahren, Reiten Spr. 3812. KULL._zu_M. 4,172. KATHĀS. 62,157. das Tragen: atibhāra˚ HIT. 81,12 (v. l. vāhana). Strömung: gaṅgāyamunayorvāhau KATHĀS. 93,81. candanasaṃchannavāhanirjhara KATHĀS. 90,38. — Vgl. agni˚, aja˚, ambu˚ (Wolke auch RĀJA-TAR. 2,149. DAŚAK. 94,18. BHĀG. P. 2,1,34), aśva˚, idhma˚, indra˚, uda˚, gandha˚, jala˚, jale˚, nau˚, pattra˚, payo˚, pīlu˚, puruṣa˚, pūya˚, pota˚, babhru˚, bhāṇḍi˚, bhāra˚, marudratha˚, marudvāha˚, mitra˚, yajña˚ (adj. auch MBH. 13,7169), yugya˚, yūpa˚, yoga˚, rakṣo˚, ratha˚, rathavāhana˚, rāja˚, vāyu˚, vāri˚, vipatha˚, śava˚, śuka˚, sārtha˚, skandha˚, havya˚, hasti˚, hotra˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

vāhá — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā) am Ende eines Comp. — a〉 fahrend, ziehend. — b〉 tragend. — c〉 fliessend. — 2〉 m. — a〉 Zugthier, Reitthier, Pferd, Stier, Vehikel überh. Wagen. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. (f. ā) — zum Vehikel habend, reitend auf, fahrend in. — b〉 *Wind. — c〉 ein best. Hohlmaass. — d〉 bildliche Bez. des Veda. — e〉 Nom. act. — α〉 das Ziehen. — β〉 das Fahren, Reiten. — γ〉 das Tragen. — δ〉 Strömung. — daśavāhavāhinī ? VASIṢṬHA 19,17.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine

vāha a. [vah-ghañ] Bearing, carrying &c. (at the end of comp.); as in aṃbuvāha, toyavāha &c. — haḥ 1 Carrying, bearing. 2 A porter. 3 A draught-animal, a beast of burden. 4 A horse; R. 4. 56, R. 5. 73, R. 14. 52. 5 A bull; Ku. 7. 49. 6 A buffalo. 7 A carriage, conveyance in general. 8 The arm. 9 Air, wind. 10 A measure equal to ten Kumbhas or four Bhāras; vāho bhāracatuṣṭayaṃ. Comp. — dviṣat m. a buffalo. — śreṣṭhaḥ a horse.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

vāhá fahrend, ziehend, fließend (—˚). m. Zugtier, Pferd, Wagen (adj. —˚ reitend auf, fahrend in); das Ziehen, Fahren, Reiten.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

vāha vāha m. (vah) porteur; portefaix; cheval; taureau; buffle. Bras, cf. vāhu. Véhicule, en gén.; le vent. Mesure de 10 kumbhas. vāhaka m. porteur, portefaix. Palefrenier; cocher. vāhadviṣat m. (dviṣ) le buffle [qui hait le cheval]. [Page581-2] vāhana n. action de conduire des chevaux. Véhicule: char, cheval, etc. vāhayāmi (c. de vah) faire porter; faire mener, ratham un char; faire apporter, faire amener. Faire épouser [une femme], faire que qqn. ait commerce avec elle, 2 ac. Se faire porter, se faire mener, ratheṇa en voiture, mārgeṇa par une route; faire que qqn. se porte qq. part. Qqf. aller voir, rendre visite, ac.

Occurrences in source texts (3)

HTK 1 occurrence
HTK 10.19*2–21*1: Plāvanī: Supported on water 1 occurrence

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PJH 1 occurrence
PJH 17-19: Simple Means (sukhopāyas) and Samādhi 1 occurrence

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  • PJH 18 Segment 6

    Attested form: vāha Grammar of the segment: tatpuruṣa-compound genitive

SVU 1 occurrence
SVU 2.8-2.9: Raft and Reins of Breath 1 occurrence

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