vāhana वाहन – the act of making effort, endeavouring, exertion.

Original text · English · adjective

vā́hana ·a. carrying, bringing. n. (m.) beast of burden or beast for riding; vehicle i.g., waggon ship, oar, sail (adj. --° riding or going in); n. drawing, carrying, driving, riding, guiding (a horse).

Original text · English · substantive neuter

1. vāhana, am, n. the act of making effort, en- deavouring, exertion.

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2. vāhana, am, n. the act of carrying, bearing, conveying, conducting; the act of driving or govern- ing (horses); a vehicle, chariot, carriage, a convey- ance of any kind; any animal used in riding or draught, a horse, an elephant; (as), m., N. of a Muni; [cf. Old Germ. wagana, ‘a chariot;’ Hib. feun, ‘a chariot.’]

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

vā́hana (vom caus. von 1. vah) 1〉 adj. tragend: madvadhū˚ (siṃha) KATHĀS. 22,134. jāmātṛ˚ (haya) KATHĀS. 30,101. nāgānāṃ vāhanā meghāḥ KATHĀS. 124,223. KATHĀS. 124,221. bringend: svapnottamaḥ satyavāhanaḥ RĀJA-TAR. 4,100. — 2〉 m. N. pr. eines Muni Verz. d. Oxf. H. 55,b,22. — 3〉 n. a〉 Zugthier, Gespann, Reitthier, Vehikel überh. AK. 2,8,2,26. AK. 3,4,25,181. H. 221. H. 759. HALĀY. 2,294. am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā MBH. 3,11279. R. GORR. 2,125,2. KATHĀS. 20,164. gardabhaḥ sarveṣāṃ vāhanānāmanāśiṣṭhaḥ AIT. BR. 4,9. ŚAT. BR. 1,8,2,9. ŚAT. BR. 2,1,4,4. ŚAT. BR. 4,4,4,10. M. 7,75. M. 7,222. M. 8,113. M. 8,419. MBH. 3,2129. MBH. 13,352. MBH. 13,4855. MBH. 14,75. fg. R. GORR. 2,86,2. R. GORR. 7,16,7. KĀM. NĪTIS. 7,30. KĀM. NĪTIS. 12,44. KĀM. NĪTIS. 13,31. KĀM. NĪTIS. 13,80. Spr. 5408. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 4,24. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 9,43. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 46,7. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 46,27. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 48,68. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 90,8. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 93,12. KATHĀS. 20,146. KATHĀS. 30,137. KATHĀS. 43,244. NAIṢ. 22,45. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 288. BHĀG. P. 6,12,17. Häufig in Verbindung mit bala so v. a. Heer und Tross M. 7,172. M. 9,313. MBH. 1,6652. MBH. 2,1074. MBH. 4,993. MBH. 4,2219. R. 1,53,6. R. GORR. 1,16,11. R. GORR. 2,101,5. R. GORR. 5,9,51. R. GORR. 5,30,2. R. GORR. 5,73,4. Spr. 768. MĀRK. P. 37,9. hṛṣṭavāhanapūruṣa YĀJÑ. 1,347. prayayau puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ śaibyasugrīvavāhanaḥ Ross MBH. 2,35. MBH. 2,555. MBH. 4,319. śrānta˚ adj. R. 1,62,1. R. 1,68,1. R. 2,68,21. R. 2,71,30. RAGH. 1,48. RAGH. 9,25. KATHĀS. 16,91. KATHĀS. 18,106. BHĀG. P. 9,15,31. spṛṣṭvā kṣatriyo vāhanāyudham (śudhyati) Reitthier (Elephant oder Ross) M. 5,99. MBH. 13,3724. KATHĀS. 7,13. KATHĀS. 12,134. yajñeśa˚ BHĀG. P. 6,6,22. PAÑCAR. 1,1,76. PAÑCAT. 198,5. HIT. 126,16. Auch m.: kaṃsasyaiva sa vāhanaḥ HARIV. 3113. HARIV. 5884 (n. in der neueren Ausg.). — Wagen ŚAT. BR. 9,4,2,11. R. GORR. 2,109,35. R. GORR. 3,56,52. Spr. 4423. in comp. mit der Last (wobei das na in ṇa verwandelt wird, wenn ra oder ṣa vorhergehen) P. 8,4,8. śaravāhaṇa, darbha˚, ikṣu˚ Schol. Schiff Verz. d. Oxf. H. 151,a,6. Am Ende eines adj. comp. (f. ā) nach dem näher angegebenen Vehikel so v. a. fahrend in, reitend auf: syandana˚ HARIV. 4426. nāga˚ HARIV. 10998. siṃha˚ KATHĀS. 22,79. haṃsa˚ BHĀG. P. 7,3,16. garuḍa BHĀG. P. 8,10,2. In der Stelle vanyavāhanahantar KATHĀS. 21,30 bedeutet das Wort Thier überh. — b〉 Ruder (Comm.) oder Segel R. 2,52,5. — c〉 nom. act. das Ziehen, Tragen (eines Zugthieres, eines Reitthieres oder Trägers) MBH. 5,473. MBH. 13,4755. śivikā˚ R. 4,24,18. PAÑCAT. 83,19. PAÑCAT. 198,6. PAÑCAT. 253,13. HIT. ed. JOHNS. 1705. das Fahren SUŚR. 1,119,2. SUŚR. 1,244,8. SUŚR. 1,277,10. das Reiten KATHĀS. 62,158. KATHĀS. 62,160. fg. Spr. 3174. das Lenken (der Rosse) MBH. 3,2635. — Vgl. uda˚, kavya˚, kravya˚, jala˚, dvija˚, deva˚, naga˚, nara˚, nṛ˚, pakṣa˚, pavana˚, purīṣa˚, purīṣya˚, puṣpa˚, pravara˚, praṣṭi˚, babhru˚, barhi˚, barhiṇa˚, bīja˚, bhāra˚, bhūta˚, bhūti˚, maṇi˚, madhu˚, mahiṣa˚, mṛga˚, megha˚, yajña˚, yama˚, ratha˚, rāja˚, rukma˚, vasu˚, vāji˚, vāyu˚, vāri˚, śāli˚, śikhi˚, śveta˚, hari˚, havya˚, hotra˚.

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

vā́hana — 1〉 Adj. — a〉 fahrend. — b〉 tragend. — c〉 bringend. — 2〉 m. N. pr. eines Muni. — 3〉 n. — a〉 Zugthier, Gespann, Reitthier, Vehikel überh., Wagen, Schiff; auch Thier überh. In Verbindung mit bala Heer und Tross. Ausnahmsweise auch m. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. (f. ā) fahrend in, reitend auf. — b〉 Ruder oder Segel. — c〉 Nom. act. — α〉 das Ziehen. — β〉 das Tragen. — γ〉 das Fahren. — δ〉 das Reiten. — ε〉 das Lenken (der Rosse).

Original text · English · substantive neuter

vāhanaṃ [vāhayati vah-ṇic lyu lyuṭ vā] 1 Bearing, carrying, conveying. 2 Driving (as a horse). 3 A vehicle, conveyance of any kind; Ms. 7. 75; N. 22. 45. 4 An animal used in riding or draught, as a horse; sa duṣprāpayaśāḥ prāpadāśramaṃ śrāṃtavāhanaḥ R. 1. 48, R. 9. 25, R. 9. 60. 5 An elephant.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

vā́hana fahrend, tragend, bringend (—˚). n. Zugtier, Wagen, Schiff, Heerestross (adj. —˚) fahrend, reitend u. s. w. auf); das Ziehen, Fahren, Reiten. f. ā Heer.

Original text · French · substantive neuter

vāhana n. action de conduire des chevaux. Véhicule: char, cheval, etc.