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20 results for v/asu

bhuvadvasu

mfn. giving wealth

(prob. a mistake of

,where read bhuvad-[for abhuvat-] v/asuḥ-).

dhiti

f. See nem/a--, mitr/a--, van/a--, v/asu--.

jenya

mfn. genuine, true (wealth, v/asu-),

ind. (opp. to dus-and corresponding in sense to Greek ;perhaps connected with 1. v/asu-,and, according to to some, with pronoun base sa-,as ku-with ka-;in veda- also s/ū-and liable to become ṣu-or ṣū-and to lengthen a preceding vowel, while a following na-may become ṇa-;it may be used as an adjective (cf. mfn.) or adverb), good, excellent, right, virtuous, beautiful, easy, well, rightly, much, greatly, very, any, easily, willingly, quickly (in older language often with other particles; especially with u-,="forthwith, immediately";with mo- id est mā u-,="never, by no means"; s/u kam-often emphatically with an imperative exempli gratia, 'for example' t/iṣṭhā s/u kam maghavan m/ā parā gāḥ-,"do tarry O maghavan-, go not past"

; su-always qualifies the meaning of a verb and is never used independently at the beginning of a verse;in later language it is rarely a separate word, but is mostly prefixed to substantives, adjectives, adverbs and participles, exceptionally also to an ind.p. exempli gratia, 'for example' su-baddhvā-,"having well bound"

;or even to a finite verb exempli gratia, 'for example' su-nirvavau-

)

tyad

mfn. Nominal verb sy/a- (s-), sy/ā-, ty/ad-, (gaRa sarvādi-) that (often used like an article exempli gratia, 'for example' ty/at paṇīn/āṃ v/asu-,"that id est the wealth of the paṇi-s "

;sometimes strengthened by c/id-;often put after ut/a-,or after another demonstrative in the beginning of a sentence)

(ty/asya- equals m/ama-,

; n. ty/am-for ty/ad-,

[in the etymology of saty/am-]

)

vasiṣṭha

mfn. (superl. fr. 1. v/asu-; see v/asīyas-and under3. vas-) most excellent, best, richest

vasīyas

mfn. (Comparative degree of 1. v/asu-; see vasiṣṭha-and vasyas-) more wealthy or opulent, more excellent, better than, (ablative)

vasordhārā

See column 1 under 1. v/asu-.

vasoṣpati

See column 1 under 1. v/asu-.

vasu

n. (in veda- genitive case v/asos-, v/asvas-and v/asunas-;also plural,exceptionally m.) wealth, goods, riches, property

etc. ( vasoṣpati soṣ-pati- m.prob."the god of wealth or property"

[

asoṣ-p-,"the god of life"]; vasordhārā sor-dh/ārā- f."stream of wealth", Name of a particular libation of ghṛta- at the agni-cayana-

etc.;of the wife of agni-

;of the heavenly gaṅgā-

;of sacred bathing-place

;of a kind of vessel

; vasordhārāprayoga sor-dh/ārā-prayoga- m.Name of work)

vasudhiti

mfn. (v/asu--) possessing wealth, bestowing wealth

vasumat

mfn. (v/asu--) having or possessing or containing treasures, wealthy, rich (-tara-, Comparative degree)

etc.

vasunīti

(v/asu--) mfn. bringing wealth