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[वश् कर्तरि अच् भावे अप् वा]

1. Subject to, influenced by, under the influence or control of, usually in comp; शोकवशः, मृत्युवशः etc.
2. Obedient, submissive, compliant.
3. Humbled, tamed.
4. Charmed, fascinated.
5. Subdued by charms. शः, शम् Wish, desire, wil; Ait. Up.5.2.
6. Power, influence, control, mastership, authority, subjection, submission; स्ववश 'subject to oneself', independent; परवश 'under the influence of others'; अनयत् प्रभुशक्तिसंपदा वशमेको नृपती- ननन्तरान् R.8.19; वशं नी, or आनी to reduce to subjection, subdue, win over; वशं गम्-इ-या etc. to become subject to, give way, yield, submit; विषमालोड्य पास्यामि मा कीचकवशं गमम् Mb.4.21.48; न शुचो वशं वशिनामुत्तम गन्तुमर्हसि R.8.9; वशे कृ or वशीकृ to subdue, overcome, win over; to fascinate, bewitch; वशात् (Ablative) is frequently used adverbially in the sense of 'through the force, power or influence of', 'on account of', 'for the purpose of'; दैववशात्, वायुवशात्, कार्यवशात् etc.
7. Being tamed.
8. Birth.

1. [vás-a] masculine will, wish, desire; power, control, authority, dominion; noun of a protégé of the Asvins; noun of a people (plural): --˚, adjective subject to, under the influence of, overcome by; instrumental, ablative, -tas, by command of, by force of, on account of, by means of, in accordance with (genitive, generally --˚); accusative with vbs. of going, i, gam, yâ (and cps.), fall into the power of, become subject to, give way to (genitive, --˚); with nî or â-nî, reduce to subjection, subdue; vase bhû, vrit, or sthâ, be in the power of (genitive, --˚); vase kri, sthâpaya, or sam-sthâ paya, reduce to subjection, subdue, keep under control.
2. [vás-a] neuter liquid fat (Veda, Vedic, rare).

1. masculine gender will, wish, desire fg-veda etc. etc. (also plural व्/अशान् /अनु or /अनु व्/अश, "according to wish or will, at pleasure")
2. masculine gender authority, power, control, dominion (in AV. personified) ibidem (accusative with verbs of going exempli gratia, 'for example' with √इ, अनु-√इ, √गम्, आ-√गम्, √य, आ-√पद्, आ-√स्था etc., "to fall into a person's [genitive case] power, become subject or give way to"; accusative with √नी, आ-√नी and प्र-√युज्, or locative case with √कृ, √लभ् or Causal of √स्था or सं-√स्था, "to reduce to subjection, subdue"; locative case with √भू, √वृत्, √स्था and सं-√स्था, "to be in a person's [genitive case] power"; वशेन, that the rest of a word is to be suppliedशात्, and that the rest of a word is to be suppliedश-तः, with genitive case or in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound', "by command of, by force of, on account of, by means of, according to")
3. masculine gender birth, origin Lexicographers
4. masculine gender a brothel Lexicographers (confer, compare वेश)
5. masculine gender Carissa Carandas Lexicographers
6. masculine gender the son of a Vais3ya वैश्य and a Karan2i1 करणी Lexicographers
7. masculine gender Name of a R2ishi ऋषि preserved by the As3vins अश्विन् s fg-veda
8. masculine gender (with अश्व्य) of the supposed author of fg-veda viii, 46 (in S3Br. etc. also of this hymn itself)
9. masculine gender Equivalent to वाल्मीकि Gal.
10. masculine gender plural Name of a people AitBr. MBh.
11. mf(आ)neuter gender willing, submissive, obedient, subject to or dependent on (genitive case) Katha1s. BhP. Pan5cat.
12. mf(आ)neuter gender docile Lexicographers
13. mf(आ)neuter gender free, licentious Lexicographers
14. neuter gender (confer, compare वसा) liquid fat, grease AV. AitBr. Ka1t2h.

1. neuter gender the same
2. neuter gender Name of a kind of brick TBr.
3. masculine gender Name of Maha1purusha महापुरुष .