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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वसन्तvasantaThe spring, vernal season (comprising the two months चैत्र and वैशाख); मधुमाधवौ वसन्तः Su&śr.; सर्वं प्रिये…

    [वस्-झच् Uṇ.3.128]

    1. The spring, vernal season (comprising the two months चैत्र and वैशाख); मधुमाधवौ वसन्तः Su&śr.; सर्वं प्रिये चारुतरं वसन्ते Ṛs.6.2; विहरति हरिरिह सरसवसन्ते Gīt.1.
    2. Spring personified as a deity and regarded as a companion of Kāmadeva; सुहृदः पश्य वसन्त किं स्थितम् Ku.4.27.
    3. Dysentery.
    4. Smallpox.
    5. (In dramas) A nickname for the Vidūṣaka or buffoon.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अवतारः the advent or setting in of the spring; वसन्तावतारसमयेऽस्या उन्मादयितृकं रूपं प्रेक्ष्य Ś.1.

    • -उत्सवः the vernal festival, spring-festivities, formerly held on the full-moon day of Chaitra, but now on the full-moon day of Phālguna, and identified with the Holi festival.

    • -कालः the spring-tide, vernal season.

    • -कुसुमः Cordia Latifolia (Marâthî गोंधणी).

    • -घोषिन् Masculine a cuckoo.

    • -जा

      1. the Vāsantī or Mādhavī creeper.
      2. the spring festival; see वसन्तोत्सव.
    • -तिलकः, -कम् the ornament of the spring; फुल्लं वसन्ततिलकं तिलकं वनाल्याः Chand. M.5. (-कः -का -कम्) Name of a metre.

    • -दूतः

      1. the cuckoo.
      2. the month called Chaitra.
      3. the musical mode हिन्दोल.
      4. the mango tree.
    • -दूती

      1. the trumpet-flower.
      2. the female cuckoo.
      3. Bignonia Suaveolens (Marâthî पाटला).
    • -द्रुः द्रुमः the mango tree.

    • -पञ्चमी the fifth day in the bright half of Māgha.

    • -बन्धुः, -योधः, -सखः epithets of the god of love.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. वसन्तvasanta[vas-ant-á] m. [brilliant season: fr. pr. pt. of √1. vas] spring (also personified); N.: -ka, m. id.; -kâla…

    [vas-ant-á] masculine [brilliant season: from present participle of √1. vas] spring (also personified); noun: -ka, masculine the same; -kâla, masculine spring time; -tila ka, neuter ornament of spring; a metre (also â, feminine; also equal for); masculine noun; -pushpa, neuter flower of spring; -bandhu, masculine friend of spring, god of love; -bhânu, masculine noun of a king; mahotsava, masculine great spring festival; -yodha, masculine spring as a warrior; -râga, masculine king spring; noun of a grammarian: î-ya, neuter work composed by Vasanta-râga; - ͜ ritu, masculine spring season; -lekhâ, feminine; also equal for noun; -srî, feminine; also equal for pomp of spring; -sakha, masculine friend of spring, epithet of the wind blowing from the Malaya; -samaya, masculine spring-time: - ͜ utsava, masculine spring festival, lovely time of spring; -sahâya, masculine god of love; -sena, masculine noun of a king: â, feminine; also equal for noun

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वसन्तvasantam. (n. g. अर्धर्चा*दि) "brilliant (season)", spring (comprising accord. to some, the months Caitra चैत्र and…
    1. masculine gender (neuter gender gaRa अर्धर्चा*दि) "brilliant (season)", spring (comprising according to to some, the months Caitra चैत्र and Vais3a1kha वैशाख or from the middle of March to that of May see ऋतु; often personified and considered as a friend or attendant of Ka1madeva कामदेव, the god of love) fg-veda etc.
    2. masculine gender a particular metre (4 times $) Col.
    3. masculine gender a particular time (in music) Lexicographers
    4. masculine gender diarrhoea Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender Name of a man Ra1jat.
    6. etc. see page and participle 930, column 1 .
  2. ध्वसन्तिdhvasantim. N. of a man, 152, 23.

    masculine gender Name of a man, 152, 23.

  3. प्रियवसन्तकpriyavasantakam. "the desired spring" and "the dear Vasantaka वसन्तक" Ratna7v. i, 8.

    masculine gender "the desired spring" and "the dear Vasantaka वसन्तक" Ratna7v. i, 8.

  4. वसन्तकvasantakam. (ifc. fem. आ) spring Ratna7.
    1. masculine gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' fem. आ) spring Ratna7.
    2. masculine gender a particular tree, a species of S3yona1ka श्योनाक Lexicographers
    3. masculine gender Name of a man, Ratna7v.
  5. वसन्तकालvasantakālam. sp spring-time, vernal season R.

    masculine gender sp spring-time, vernal season R.

  6. वसन्तकुसमvasantakusamam. "having blossoms in spring", Cordia Latifolia or Myxa L.

    masculine gender "having blossoms in spring", Cordia Latifolia or Myxa Lexicographers

  7. वसन्तकुसमाकरvasantakusamākaram. a partic. mixture L.

    masculine gender a particular mixture Lexicographers

  8. वसन्तगन्धिvasantagandhim. N. of a Buddha बुद्ध Lalit.

    masculine gender Name of a Buddha बुद्ध Lalit.