vastu वस्तु – object; thing; reality
substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter
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AYI dictionary substantive neuter
object; thing; reality
Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine · substantive neuter
Original text · English · substantive feminine
vástu1 ·f. brightening, dawning; gen. vástos in the morning, prati vastos towards morning.
Original text · English · substantive neuter
vastu2 ·n. seat, place; thing, object, reality; matter, circumstance; substance, contents or subject (of a poem etc.).
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine · substantive neuter
Original text · English · substantive feminine
Vastu, us, f., Ved. the becoming light or bright, dawning, dawn, early morning, (in these senses rather to be derived fr. rt. 3. vas, to shine.)
Original text · English · substantive neuter
Vastu, u, n. any really existing or abiding sub- stance or essence; (in phil.) the real (opposed to a-vastu, that which does not really exist, the unreal; a-dvitīya-vastu, the one real substance which has no second); object, the object (of love &c.); thing, matter, article, commodity; substance, wealth, pro- perty; natural disposition, essential property, nature, essence; material essence, body, stuff, materials, in- gredients; the pith or substance of anything; the main plot or subject of a poem or play; means, mode, plan, project, design; (us), f., Ved. day, dawn (gen. sing. vastos).
Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · substantive neuter
Original text · German · substantive feminine
1. vástu (von 2. vas) f. das Heilwerden, Tagen; Morgen, Frühe NAIGH. 1,9. NIR. 3,15. NIR. 8,9. vastòru̱ṣasàḥ ṚV. 1,79,6. ṚV. 7,10,2. do̱ṣā vastòḥ ṚV. 1,104,1. ṚV. 1,179,1. ṚV. 6,5,2. ṚV. 6,39,2. ṚV. 8,25,21. ṚV. 10,40,4. vastòrvastoḥ alle Morgen ṚV. 10,40,1. ṚV. 10,40,3. ekàsyā̱ vastòḥ ṚV. 1,116,21. vastòra̱syāḥ heute früh ṚV. 10,110,4. ṚV. 6,4,2. prati̱ vastòḥ ṚV. 2,39,3. ṚV. 4,45,5. ṚV. 10,189,3. mahi̱ jyotī̀ rurucu̱ryaddha̱ vastòḥ ṚV. 4,16,4. ṚV. 1,177,5. VS. 28,12. kṣa̱po vastùṣu rājasi ṚV. 8,19,31. ṚV. 8,60,15. Vgl. auch u. 2. vas infin.
Original text · German · substantive neuter
2. vástu (von 5. vas) UṆĀDIS. 1,76. n. AK. 3,6,2,13. 1〉 Sitz, Ort: vraṇa˚ SUŚR. 1,83,7. SUŚR. 1,83,11. Vgl. kapila˚. — 2〉 Ding, Gegenstand, ein reales Ding AK. 3,4,15,88. TRIK. 3,2,8. H. 168. āpaṇe prasāritaṃ vastu P. 6,1,82, Schol. iṣṭa MEGH. 111. spṛhāvatī keṣu vastuṣu RAGH. 3,5. RAGH. 5,18. anāsthā vāhyavastuṣu KUMĀRAS. 6,13. darśanīya ŚĀK. 25,1. parihārya ŚĀK. 8. ŚĀK. 175. alpānāmapi vastūnāṃ saṃhatiḥ kāryakārikā Spr. 237. avasthā vastūni prathayati ca saṃkocayati ca Spr. 1713. svabhāvasundaraṃ vastu Spr. 3331. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 51,27. asyāṃ (karaṇḍikāyāṃ) asti ca vastu kim KATHĀS. 29,10. KATHĀS. 36,65. MĀRK. P. 81,63. strīvastvaicchat ŚAṂK._zu_BṚH. ĀR. UP. S. 138. yannāsti tadasti vastviti mṛṣā jalpadbhirāstikaiḥ PRAB. 27,9. ˚dhī PRAB. 108,5. vāstava BHĀG. P. 1,1,2. BHĀG. P. 2,6,4. BHĀG. P. 2,10,23. vastūni paṇyāni BHĀG. P. 6,16,6. BHĀG. P. 8,6,25. BHĀG. P. 8,8,35. PAÑCAR. 1,11,12. PAÑCAT. 157,22. PAÑCAT. 253,19. HIT. 114,17, v. l. bhakṣya˚ HIT. ed. JOHNS. 1916. śrāddha˚ PAÑCAR. 1,13,21. NĪLAK. 26. NĪLAK. 259. BĀLAB. 14. nityānityavastuviveka VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 9. SARVADARŚANAS. 13,4. fgg. SARVADARŚANAS. 22,20. SARVADARŚANAS. 35,1. fgg. SARVADARŚANAS. 35,22. fgg. SARVADARŚANAS. 44,10. vastujātam die Dinge SARVADARŚANAS. 17,12. SARVADARŚANAS. 53,10. nāvastuno vastusiddhiḥ aus Nichts wird nicht Etwas KAP. 1,79. aho vastuni mātsaryamaho bhaktiravastuni was da ist, was nicht da ist KATHĀS. 21,49. avastunirbandhapara KUMĀRAS. 5,66. KAP. 1,20. BHĀG. P. 5,10,6. BHĀG. P. 7,4,33. VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 20. VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 79. pratibuddhavastu adj. Realität BHĀG. P. 3,28,38. kriyā hi vastūpahitā prasīdati ein würdiger Gegenstand RAGH. 3,29. vastūni so v. a. Geräthe BHĀG. P. 2,6,24. vastupāṇayaḥ die zu Etwas erforderlichen Dinge in der Hand haltend BHĀG. P. 10,84,45. vastu am Anfange eines comp. so v. a. vastutas (s. bes.) in Wirklichkeit BHĀG. P. 5,18,37. — 3〉 Sache, Angelegenheit, das worum es sich handelt: yaccāpi sarvagaṃ vastu taccaiva pratipāditam MBH. 1,70. vastuṣvaśakyeṣu samudyamaścecchakyeṣu mohādasamudyamaśca KĀM. NĪTIS. 15,25. nirvāhaḥ pratinnavastuṣu Spr. 672. smaraṇaṃ priyavastuṣu Spr. 1217. na kiṃcitkvacidastīha vastvasādhyaṃ vipaścitām Spr. 1351. satāṃ hi saṃdehapadeṣu vastuṣu pramāṇamantaḥ karaṇapravṛttayaḥ Spr. 273. jñāta˚ adj. KATHĀS. 17,53. KATHĀS. 22,191. KATHĀS. 32,131. KATHĀS. 60,226. KATHĀS. 60,232. vastuni vyaktimāgate RĀJA-TAR. 1,231. vastu nirṇīyatāṃ svayam RĀJA-TAR. 6,27. hāsyavastuṣu MBH. 4,118. vaktāraḥ śāstravastuṣu HARIV. 13767. udāharaṇavastuṣu KUMĀRAS. 6,65. kasminnabhinayavastunyupadeśaṃ darśayiṣyāmi MĀLAV. 16,12. pānabhojanavastuṣu Spr. 402. kopaprasādavastūni Spr. 749. bhītaparitrāṇa˚ Spr. 3172. — 4〉 Stoff, Gegenstand einer Rede u. s. w. TRIK. 3,2,21. im Gegens. zu vāc Form der Rede Spr. 3975. kālidāsagrathita˚ (nāṭaka) ŚĀK. 3,12. VIKR. 2. VIKR. 3,8. MĀLAV. 3,9. DAŚAR. 1,11. DAŚAR. 1,51. SĀH. D. 5,9. fg. SĀH. D. 129,19. SĀH. D. 129,257. fg. SĀH. D. 129,281. ˚prādhānya PRATĀPAR. 7,a,5. PRATĀPAR. 15,b,4. PRATĀPAR. 20,a,2. ˚prativastubhāva PRATĀPAR. 77,b,2. ˚dhvani PRATĀPAR. 15,b,4. PRATĀPAR. 15,b,9. PRATĀPAR. 16,a,2. PRATĀPAR. 16,a,8. kathā˚ RĀJA-TAR. 1,8. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 50,a, N. 1. ˚nirdeśa Inhaltsangabe SĀH. D. 559. KĀVYĀD. 1,14. — 5〉 bei den Buddhisten so v. a. Statut WASSILJEW 85. — 6〉 vastusama MBH. 13,5519 fehlerhaft für babhrusama, wie die ed. Bomb. liest. BHĀG. P. 9,4,27 liest die ed. Bomb. ˚pattiṣu statt ˚vastuṣu. — Vgl. prati˚, bhoga˚, maṅgalya˚, yathā˚, yuddha˚, raṅga˚.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter
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1. vástu f. das Hellwerden, Tagen; Morgen, Frühe. vástos Gen. am Morgen. vástorvastoḥ jeden Morgen, vástorasyā́ḥ heute früh, práti vástoḥ gegen Morgen. Vgl. vástave.
Original text · German · substantive masculine
3. vastu m. N. pr. eines Fürsten VP. 24,67.
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2. vastu n. — 1〉 Sitz, Ort. — 2〉 Ding, Gegenstand, ein reales Ding; Geräthe, ein erforderliches Ding; das rechte Ding, ein würdiger Gegenstand (Werthgegenstand RĀJAN. 13,144), ein Gegenstand des (im Comp. vorangehend). Am Anfange eines Comp. = vastutas in Wirklichkeit. — 3〉 Sache, Angelegenheit, Umstand (Chr. 290,24), das worum es sich handelt. — 4〉 Inhalt, Stoff, Gegenstand einer Rede u. s. w. — 5〉 eine Art Composition S. S. S. 164. — 6〉 bei den Buddhisten Gegenstand, so v. a. Artikel (deren 10 bei den Schismatikern). — MBH. 13,551 fehlerhaft für babhru.
Apte 1890 substantive neuter
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vastu n. [vas-tun] 1 A really existing thing, the real, a reality; vastunyavastvāropo'jñānam. 2 A thing in general, an object, article, substance, matter; athavā mṛdu vastu hiṃsituṃ mṛdunaivārabhate kṛtāṃtakaḥ R. 8. 45; kiṃ vastu vidvan gurave pradeyaṃ R. 5. 18, R. 3. 5; vastunīṣṭepyanādaraḥ S. D. 3 Wealth, property, possessions. 4 Essence, natuer, natural or essential property. 5 Stuff (of which a thing is made), materials, ingredients (fig. also); ākṛtipratyayādevaināmanūnavastukāṃ saṃbhāvayāmi M. 1. 6 The plot (of a drama), the subject matter of any poetic composition; kālidāsagrathitavastunā navenābhijñānaśakuṃtalākhyena nāṭakenopasthātavyamasmābhiḥ Ś. 1; athavā sadvastupuruṣabahumānāt V. 1. 2, āśīrnamaskriyāvastunirdeśo vāpi tanmukhaṃ S. D. 6; Ve. 1. 7 The pith of a thing. 8 A plan, design, — f. Ved. A day (?). Comp. — abhāvaḥ 1 absence of reality. 2 loss of property or possessions. — utthāpanaṃ the production of any incident in a drama by means of magic, conjuration; see S. D. 420. — upamā a variety of Upamā according to Daṇḍin who thus illustrates it: — rājīvamiva te vaktraṃ netre nīlotpale iva . iyaṃ pratīyamānaikadharmā vastūpamaiva sā .. Kāv. 2. 16; (it is a case of Upamā where the sādhāraṇadharma or common quality is omitted). — upahita a. applied to a proper object, bestowed on a proper material; kriyā hi vastūpahitā prasīdati R. 3. 29. — mātraṃ the mere outline or skeleton of any subject (to be afterwards developed). — racanā style, arrangement of matter.
Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine · substantive neuter
Original text · German · substantive feminine
1. vástu f. das Hellwerden, Tagen. Gen. vástos am Morgen; práti˚ gegen M.
Original text · German · substantive neuter
2. vastu n.Sitz, Ort, rechte Stelle; (tauglicher) Gegenstand, Ding, Einzelheit; Reales (ph.); Sache, Umstand, Inhalt, Stoff (opp. Form). Abstr. ˚tā f., ˚tva n.
Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter
Original text · French · substantive neuter
vastu vastu n. (vas; sfx. lu) Vd. ville. Biens, richesses, possessions; au fig. propriété, nature, caractère. Gr. ἄστυ. vastuka n. chenopode blanc, bot.
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DYS 2 occurrences
HP 3 occurrences
PYS 5 occurrences
SiSa 11 occurrences
SiSa 1.82-1.90: Guṇas und Gegenstände 3 occurrences
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