वत्सvatsaA calf, the young of an animal; तेनाद्य वत्समिव लोकममुं पुषाण Bh.2.46; यं सर्वशैलाः परिकल्प्य वत्सम् Ku.1.2.
[वद्-सः Uṇ.3.61]
- A calf, the young of an animal; तेनाद्य वत्समिव लोकममुं पुषाण Bh.2.46; यं सर्वशैलाः परिकल्प्य वत्सम् Ku.1.2.
- A boy, son; in this sense often used in the voc. as a term of endearment and translateable by 'my dear', 'my darling', 'my dear child'; अयि वत्स कृतं कृतमतिविनयेन, किमपराद्धं वत्सेन Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)6.
- Offspring or children in general; जीवद्वत्सा 'one whose children are living'.
- A year.
- Name of a country; (its chief town was कौशाम्बी and ruled over by Udayana), or the inhabitants of that country (Plural)
Derived forms and compounds
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-नाभः
- Name of a tree.
- a kind of very strong poison.
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-पत्तनम् Name of the town Kauśāmbī.
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-पदम् a ford (Marâthî उतार); भवाम्बुधिर्वत्सपदं परं पदम् Bhāg.1.14.58.
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-पालः 'a keeper of calves', Name of Kṛiṣṇa or Balarāma.
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-बन्धा a cow longing for her calf.
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-रूपः a small calf; Hch.
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-शाला a cow-shed.
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-त्सा
- A female calf.
- A little girl; वत्से सीते 'dear Sītā' etc.
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-त्सम् The breast.
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-अक्षी a kind of cucumber.
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-अदनः a wolf. (-नी) Cocculus Cordifolius (Marâthî गुळवेल).
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-अनुसारिणी a hiatus between a long and a short syllable; also वत्सानुसृता-तिः.
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-ईशः, -राजः a king of the Vatsas; लोके हारि च वत्सराजचरितं नाट्ये च दक्षा वयम् Ratn.1.
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-काम Adjective fond of children. (-मा) a cow longing for her calf or a mother for her child.
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-तन्त्री a rope for tying calves; न लङ्घयेद्वत्सतन्त्रीं न प्रधावेच्च वर्षति Ms.4.38.
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-दन्तः a kind of arrow.
