vat वत् – comparative suffix -vat: like; as; possessive suffix -vat: possessing; endowed with

Original text · English · verb

vat vátati ·v only w. api apprehend, understand; C. vātáyati reveal, inspire (devotion).

Original text · English · particle

vat 1 . vat, ind. an affix (technically termed vati) added to words to imply likeness or resem- blance, and generally translatable by ‘as,’ ‘like’ (e. g. brāhmaṇa-vat, like a Brāhman).

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vat 2 . vat, a Vedic rt. usually connected with api, (probably) cl. 1. vatati, &c., to understand, comprehend, apprehend, (according to Sāy. on Ṛg-veda VII. 3, 10. vatema = sambha- jemahi, ‘may we share in or possess or obtain,’ where vat is said to stand for rt. 1. van): Caus. vātayati, -yitum, Aor. avīvatat, to cause to under- stand, make intelligible; to excite, awaken, (Sāy. = prāpayati, āgamayati, prerayati.)

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vat , vatati mit api verstehen, begreifen: api̱ kratùṃ su̱cetàsaṃ vatema ṚV. 7,3,10. ṚV. 7,60,7. — caus. verstehen —, begreiflich machen: bha̱draṃ no̱ apì vātaya̱ manàḥ wecke in uns einen guten Sinn ṚV. 10,20,1. ṚV. 10,25,1. pi̱tre pu̱trāso̱ apyàvīvatannṛ̱tam ṚV. 10,13,5. manmā̀ni citrā apivā̱tayànta e̱ṣāṃ bhū̀ta̱ navèdā ma ṛ̱tānā̀m ṚV. 1,165,13. — Vgl. svapivāta.

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1. √vat , vátati mit api verstehen, begreifen. — Caus. vātáyati mit api verstehen —, begreiflich [Page6-010-a] machen, wecken (einen guten Sinn).

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2. vat Adverbia bildendes Suffix mit der Bed. in der Weise von. pitṛvat = piteva, pitaramiva, pitraiva, pituriva und pitarīva.

Original text · English · verbal root

vat — apprehend

Original text · English · adjective · particle

vat a. 1 An affix added to nouns to show ‘possession’; dhanavat possessed of wealth; rūpavat beautiful; so bhagavat, bhāsvat &c.; (the words so formed being adjectives). 2 Added to the base of the past passive participle vat turns it into a past active participle; ityuktavaṃtaṃ janakātmajāyāṃ R. 14. 43. — ind. An affix added to nouns or adjectives to denote ‘likeness’ or ‘resemblance’ and may be translated by ‘like’, ‘as’; ātmavatsarvabhūtāni yaḥ paśyati sa paṃḍitaḥ.

Original text · German · verb

vat, vátati, nur mit api verstehen, begreifen. Caus. vātáyati mit api verstehen machen, wecken (übertr.), ein- flößen.

Original text · French · Word type unspecified

vat vat (sfx. adverbial) comme.