Vashya, Vaśya, Vāsya: 23 definitions

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Vashya has 22 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Vaśya can be transliterated into English as Vasya or Vashya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Vashy.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Vaśya (वश्य):—(von 1. vaśa)

1) adj. in Jmdes (gen.) Gewalt stehend, sich in Jmdes Willen fügend, gehorsam, folgsam [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 4, 86.] [Amarakoṣa 3, 1, 25.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 432.] [Mahābhārata 1, 3419. 3, 10093. 16013. 5, 783. 13, 1192. 4297. 4759. 14, 894.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 21, 56. 30, 9. 31, 10.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 2, 117, 18. 5, 78, 4. 7, 75, 7.] [Spr. 1783. 2319. 2947. 4572. 5102.] [KĀM. NĪTIS. 4, 65] (nach der Lesart des Comm.). [Kathāsaritsāgara 11, 9. 12. 30, 70. 46, 242. 56, 268.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 99, 8.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 39, 17. fg. 120, 13.] [Pañcatantra 23, 3. 46, 20. 146, 24. 156, 10.] [Vetālapañcaviṃśati] in [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 26, 6, v. l.] indriyāṇi [Kaṭhopaniṣad 3, 6.] [Harivaṃśa 14714.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 13, 5.] [Spr. 2758.] vaśyātman [Bhagavadgītā 6, 36.] [Mahābhārata 5, 994] [?(S. 124). Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 1, 12. 4, 44, 120. Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 16, 5.] vaśyāgnivaruṇa [Kathāsaritsāgara 56, 398.] mamaite viṣayā vaśyā nāhameteṣāṃ vaśyaḥ [SARVADARŚANAS. 169, 5. 6.] madvaśya [Harivaṃśa 3922.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 2, 10, 24.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 43, 71.] indriyairātmavaśyaiḥ [Bhagavadgītā 2, 64.] svavaśyairvājibhiḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 19, 48.] strī [Pañcatantra 223, 18.] mano [Mahābhārata 14, 1451.] mṛtyu [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 35, 73.] śāpa [6, 37, 48. 98, 28.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 113, 9.] samādhi [Kumārasaṃbhava 3, 50.] indriyāṇyavaśyāni [Kaṭhopaniṣad 3, 5.] kimavaśyaṃ priyavacasām [Spr. 684.] mantrānvaśyān vielleicht so v. a. nach Wunsch zur Hand seiend [Mahābhārata 2, 681.] —

2) m. Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Āgnidhra [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 53, 34.] ramya andere Autt. —

3) f. vaśyā s. u. 4). —

4) n. Macht, Gewalt: dhātrī vaśyaṃ sāgarāntābhyupaiti [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 88, 18.] vaśyārthe heisst Agni kāmadaḥ [GṚHYAS. 1, 10.] die übernatürliche Macht Andere seinem Willen zu unterwerfen; eine darauf gerichtete Zauberhandlung [Prabodhacandrodaja 61,16.] [Oxforder Handschriften 97,b,33. 98,a,1. 6. 100,a,40. 105,a,11. 322,a, No. 764.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 905. fg.] sarva [Oxforder Handschriften 107,a, No. 163.] auch vaśyā f. [98,a,3.] — Vgl. avaśyam, kāmavaśya, para, pāra (auch [Oxforder Handschriften 120,a,33]).

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Vasya (वस्य):—(von 3. vas) adj. anzuziehen: snāta nach einer Waschung [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 7, 2, 18.]

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Vāsya (वास्य):—1. adj. in der Stelle īśā vāsyamidaṃ sarvam [Īśopaniṣad 1] nach [] = ācchādanīya gehüllt werdend (also von 3. vas) . — Vgl. prathama .

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Vāsya (वास्य):—2. (vom. caus. von 5. vas) adj. anzusiedeln: teṣu ca yathānurūpaṃ varṇā viprādayo vāsyāḥ (= nivāsanīyāḥ Comm.) [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 53, 69.] — Vgl. 1. amā und vana .

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Vāsya (वास्य):—3. = vāsī Axt [Nīlakaṇṭha] zu [Mahābhārata 1, 4605. 5, 5250.]

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Vaśya (वश्य):—

1) ein Zauberspruch [Spr. (II) 2451.]

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Vāsya (वास्य):—2. vgl. vana .

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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