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Entry वास

वासvāsaa hall where public exhibitions (such as dancing, wrestling matches &c.) are held.
Derived forms and compounds
- -कर्णी
  
  a hall where public exhibitions (such as dancing, wrestling matches etc.) are held.
  
  a sacrificial hall.
- -गृहम्
  
  the inner part of a house.
  
  bed-chamber; धर्मासनाद्विशति वासगृहं नरेन्द्रः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)1.7.
- -ताम्बूलम् betel mixed with other fragrant species; वासताम्बूलवीटिकां ... उपयुज्य Dk.2.2.
- -पर्ययः a change of residence; नोत्सीदेम महाराज क्रियतां वासपर्ययः Mb.3.258.5.
- -प्रासादः a palace.
- -भवनम्, -मन्दिरम्, -समनम् a dwelling-place, house.
- -यष्टिः Feminine a roosting perch, a rod for a bird to perch on; उत्कीर्णा इव वासयष्टिषु निशानिद्रालसा बर्हिणः V.3.2; Me.81.
- -योगः a kind of fragrant powder.
- -सज्जा Equivalent to वासकसज्जा quod vide, which see
- वासः vāsḥ
  
  वस् निवासे आच्छादने वा घञ्
  
  Perfume.
  
  Living, dwelling; वासो यस्य हरेः करे Bv.1.63; R.19.2; नरके नियतं वासो भवतीत्यनुशुश्रुम Bg.1.44.
  
  An abode, a habitation, house; एष शाकुनिकः शेते तव वासं समाश्रितः Mb.12.145.7.
  
  Site, situation; अवाप्य वासं नरदेवपुत्राः Mb.3.176.4.
  
  A day's journey.
  
  Imagination. (वासना).
  
  Semblance.
  
  Clothes, dress.
- -अ (आ) -गारः, -रम्, -गृहम्, -वेश्यम् Neuter the inner apartments of a house; particularly bed-chamber; धर्मासनाद्विशति वासगृहं नरेन्द्रः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)1.7; समयः खलु ते वासगृहप्र- वेशस्य V.3.
In the Gita1·43

नरके नियतं वासो भवतीत्यनुशुश्रुम ॥

narake niyataṁ vāso bhavatītyanuśuśruma. — And men whose family morals are corrupted, O Janardana, live for ever in hell. Thus have we heard. 1·43
- वासःvāsaḥnominative singular of the masculine noun vāsa (abode).
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