vās वास् – perfume; scent
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AYI dictionary verbal root
perfume; scent
Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified
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vās vās (perhaps rather to be regarded as a Nom. fr. 1. vāsa below), cl. 10. P. vāsayati (ep. also A. vāsayate), -yitum, to fill with (perfumes &c.); to infuse (fragrant odours or other qualities), steep, macerate; to perfume, make fra- grant, fumigate, incense; to spice, season; cl. 4. A. vāsyate, to sound, cry, (in this sense for rt. vāś, q. v.)
Petersburger 1855 Word type unspecified
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
1. √vās s. vāś.
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2. vās , vāsayati s. vāsay.
Böhtlingk 1879 verbal root
Original text · German · verbal root
1. √vās , nur nivāsate etwa hält Stand ṚV. 10,37,3.
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2. √vās fehlerhaft für vāś.
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3. √vās , vāsayati s. !√vāsay.
Apte 1890 verbal root
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vās I. 10 U. (vāsayati-te) 1 To scent, perfume, incense, fumigate, make fragrant; vāsitānanaviśeṣitagaṃdhā Ki. 9. 60; prakāṭatapaṭavāsairvāsayan kānanāni Gīt. 1; U. 3. 16; R. 4. 74; Me. 20; Rs. 5. 5. 2 To steep, infuse. 3 To spice, season. II. 4 A. See vāś.
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