Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

vasā वसा – the serum or marrow of the flesh (considered by some authorities as distinct from the marrow of the bones, but by…

substantive feminine

Dictionary sources

Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

vásā ·f. ­ fat, grease, brain.

Original text · English · substantive feminine

vasā́ ·f. fat, grease, brain.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

vasā vasā, f. (perhaps fr. rt. 3. vas, ‘to shine, ‘or according to some fr. rt. 6. vas, ‘to dwell’), the serum or marrow of the flesh (considered by some authorities as distinct from the marrow of the bones, but by others as the same substance), marrow, adeps, fat, grease, suet, any fatty oily substance or oily exudation; the brain.

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

vásā und in TS. vasā́ (bisweilen auch vaśā geschrieben; vgl. 2. vaśa) f. gaṇa bhidādi zu P. 3,3,104. VOP. 26,192. 1〉 Speck, Fett, Schmalz, adeps AK. 2,6,2,15. H. 624. HALĀY. 3,13. VS. 6,19. VS. 25,9. rasà e̱ṣa pàśū̱nāṃ yadva̱sā TS. 6,3,11,1. TS. 6,6,6,2. ŚAT. BR. 12,8,3,12. KĀTY. ŚR. 1,8,21. KĀTY. ŚR. 6,8,12. KĀTY. ŚR. 8,8,34. LĀṬY. 5,4,16. ˚homá TS. 6,3,11,1. ŚAT. BR. 3,8,3,13. ŚAT. BR. 3,8,3,20. ĀŚV. ŚR. 3,6,8. KĀTY. ŚR. 6,8,8. ˚graha KĀTY. ŚR. 19,4,12. KĀTY. ŚR. 19,4,24. MAITRYUP. 3,4. M. 5,135. YĀJÑ. 3,94. YĀJÑ. 3,106. MBH. 1,5724. MBH. 1,5781. MBH. 1,8251. MBH. 1,8320. MBH. 3,12250. MBH. 7,1976. R. GORR. 2,83,6. R. GORR. 2,83,38. R. GORR. 3,7,7. R. GORR. 4,44,65. KĀM. NĪTIS. 19,60. RAGH. 15,16. Spr. 596. Spr. 3335. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 27,5. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 46,40. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 50,22. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 55,20. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 97,10. KATHĀS. 34,70. KATHĀS. 73,153. fg. RĀJA-TAR. 1,260. PRAB. 5,7. PRAB. 54,1. BHĀG. P. 5,26,22. MĀRK. P. 91,26. PAÑCAR. 1,3,33. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 51,b,3. PAÑCAT. 253,23. NALOD. 3,11. antarasthaṃ snehajātaṃ vasākhyaṃ strīṇāṃ viśeṣataḥ Fett SUŚR. 1,51,19. varāha˚ SUŚR. 84,20. śuddhamāṃsasya yaḥ snehaḥ sā vasā parikīrtitā SUŚR. 327,10 (vgl. MAHĪDH._zu_VS. 25,9); dazu aber v. l. einer Berl. Hdschr. tāpyamānasya vā sneho medasaḥ sā vasā matā also ausgelassenes Fett, Schmalz. SUŚR. 2,32,15. SUŚR. 2,36,15. SUŚR. 2,323,8. kukkuṭa˚ SUŚR. 364,14. nach ŚĀRṄG. SAṂH. 3,1,1 giebt es viererlei Fette: ghṛta, taila, vasā und majjan. Gehirn KATHĀS. 25,104. KATHĀS. 25,274. Oefters durch Lymphe, Serum und dgl. erklärt WISE 360. — 2〉 N. pr. eines Flusses MBH. 6,338 (VP. 184); vgl. candra˚. — Vgl. mahāvasa.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

vásā und vasā́ (TS.) f. — 1〉 Speck, Fett, Schmalz, [Page6-045-b] adeps. — 2〉 Gehirn. — 3〉 *eine dem Ingwer ähnliche Wurzel RĀJAN. 5,23. — 4〉 N. pr. eines Flusses.

Original text · German · substantive feminine

vásā und vasā́ (TS.) f. — 1〉 Speck, Fett, Schmalz, [Page6-045-b] adeps. — 2〉 Gehirn. — 3〉 *eine dem Ingwer ähnliche Wurzel RĀJAN. 5,23. — 4〉 N. pr. eines Flusses.

Apte 1890 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

vasā [vas-ac] 1 The marrow of the flesh, fat, marrow; adeps, suet; Mu. 3. 28; R. 15. 16. 2 Any oily or fatty exudation. 3 Brain. Comp. — āḍhyaḥ -āḍhyakaḥ the Gangetic porpoise. — chaṭā the mass of the brain. — pāyin m. a dog.

Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

vásā u. vasā́ f. Speck, Fett.

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

Original text · French · substantive feminine

vasā vasā f. graisse, suif; moelle. vasāḍhya m. (āḍhya) marsouin du Gange.

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SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 1.35-1.44: Täuschungs-Gleichnisse 1 occurrence

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