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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वसुvasua.Sweet.
    1. Sweet.
    2. Dry.
    3. Vedic Wealthy, rich.
    4. Vedic Good. -Neuter वस्-उन् Uṇ.1.1
    5. Wealth, riches; स्वयं प्रदुग्धेऽस्य गुणैरुपस्नुता वसूपमानस्य वसूनि मेदिनी Ki.1.18; R.8.31; 9.6 वस्वीशाद् वसुनिकरं (लब्ध्वा) धृतानुरागा Rām. ch.7.58.
    6. A jewel, gem.
    7. Gold.
    8. Water; वसु काल उपादत्ते काले चायं विमुञ्चति Bhāg.4.16.6.
    9. A thing, substance; त्रात्वार्थितो जगति पुत्रपदं च लेभे दुग्धा वसूनि वसुधा सकलानि येन Bhāg.2.7.9; Mb.12.98.2.
    10. A kind of salt.
    11. A medicinal root (वृद्धि).
    12. A yellow kind of kidney-bean.
    13. The ghee (घृत); विधिना वेददृष्टेन वसोर्धारा- मिवाध्वरे Mb.13.2.35. -Masculine
    14. Name of a class of deities (usually Plural in this sense); सेयं भूरिवसोर्वसोरिव सुता मृत्यो- र्मुखे वर्तते Māl 5.24; Ki.1.18; (the Vasus are eight in number: 1 आप, 2 ध्रुव, 3 सोम, 4 धर or धव, 5 अनिल, 6 अनल, 7 प्रत्यूष, and 8 प्रभास; sometimes अह is substituted for आप; धरो ध्रुवश्च सोमश्च अहश्चैवानिलोऽनलः । प्रत्यूषश्च प्रभासश्च वसवोऽष्टाविति स्मृताः).
    15. The number 'eight'.
    16. Name of Kubera.
    17. Of Śiva.
    18. Of Agni.
    19. A tree.
    20. A lake, pond.
    21. A rein.
    22. The tie of a yoke.
    23. A halter.
    24. A ray of light; निरकाशयद्रविमपेतवसुं वियदालयादपरदिग्गणिका Śi.9.1; शिथिलवसुमगाधे मग्नमापत् पयोधौ Ki.1.46 (in both cases वसु means 'wealth' also).
    25. The sun.
    26. The distance from the elbow to the closed fist. -Feminine
    27. A ray of light.
    28. Light, radiance.
    29. A medicinal root (वृद्धि).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -उत्तमः Name of Bhīṣma; तान् समेतान् महाभागानुपलभ्य वसूत्तमः । पूजयामास ...... Bhāg.1.9.9.

    • -उपमः Natron (Marâthî सज्जीखार).

    • -ओ

      1. (औ) कसारा Name of Amarāvatī, the city of Indra.
      2. of Alakā, the city of Kubera; 'वस्वौकसारा श्रीदस्य शक्रस्य नलिनी पुरी' इति हरिः; वस्वौकसारां नलिनीमतीत्यैवोत्तरान् कुरून् Rām.2.94.26; व्यक्तं वस्वोकसारेयम् Mb.7.67.16. (com. वस्वोकसारा सलोप आर्षः । कनकमयानि ओकांसि सारो यस्याः सा तथा).
      3. of a river attached to Amarāvatī and Alakā.

    • -कीटः, -कृमिः a beggar.

    • -ता, -तातिः Feminine Vedic wealth.

    • -दा the earth.

    • -देवः Name of the father of Kṛiṣṇa and son of Sūra, a descendant of Yadu. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedभूः, -सुतः etc. epithets of Kṛiṣṇa.

    • -देवता, -देव्या the asterism called Dhaniṣṭhā.

    • -देव्या the ninth day of a lunar fortnight.

    • -द्रुमः the Udumbara tree.

    • -धर्मिका crystal.

    • -धा

      1. the earth; वसुधेयमवेक्ष्यतां त्वया R.8.83; पुरा सप्तद्वीपां जयति वसुधामप्रतिरथः Ś.7.35;1.25.
      2. the heaven; धरान् धरित्रीं वसुधां भर्तुस्तिष्ठाम्यनन्तरम् Mb. 13.93.1 (com. वसून् देवान् धत्ते इति व्युत्पत्त्या वसुधां दिवम्).
      3. the ground; वसुधालिङ्गनधूसरस्तनी Ku.4.4. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedअधिपः a king. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedधरः a mountain; वसुधाधरकन्दराभिसर्पी प्रतिशब्दोऽपि हरेर्भिनत्ति नागान् V.1.18. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedनगरम् the capital of Varuṇa.

    • -धारा, -भारा

      1. the capital of Kubera. [वसोर्धारा
      2. a stream of ghee prepared for Vasus; कुड्यलग्नां वसोर्धारां सप्त वारान् घृतेन तु । कारयेत् प़ञ्च वारान् वा नातिनीचां न चोच्छ्रिताम् Chhandogapaddhati.
      3. Name of a vessel for pouring ghee into fire; त्वया द्वादशवर्षाणि वसोर्धाराहुतं हविः Mb.1.223.72.
      4. Name of the heavenly Ganges (मन्दाकिनी); Mb.13.8.5.].

    • -धारिणी the earth.

    • -पालः a king.

    • -प्रभा one of the seven tongues of fire.

    • -प्राणः an epithet of Agni.

    • -भम् the constellation धनिष्ठा.

    • -रण्व Adjective delighted with wealth; वसुरण्वो विभुरसि Mahānār.17.15.

    • -रेतस् Masculine fire; संप्राप्तो यत्र सांनिध्यं सदासीद् वसुरेतसः Rām.7.31.7; Mb.1.13.3.

    • -रोचिस्

      1. Masculine
      2. sacrifice; religious ceremony.
      3. Fire.

    • -व्रतम् a kind of penance (eating only ground rice for twelve days).

    • -श्रेष्ठम्

      1. wrought gold.
      2. silver.

    • -षेणः Name of Karṇa; वसुवर्मधरं दृष्ट्वा तं बालं हेमकुण्डलम् । नामास्य वसुषेणेति ततश्चक्रुर्द्विजातयः ॥ Mb.3.39.13-14.

    • -स्थली Name of the city of Kubera.

    • वसु vasu सू sū कः kḥ, (सू) कः The plant called Arka.

    • -कम्

      1. Seasalt.
      2. Fossil-salt.

    In the Gita10·2311·611·22

    वसूनां पावकश्चास्मि मेरुः शिखरिणामहम् ॥

    vasūnāṁ pāvakaścāsmi meruḥ śikhariṇāmaham. — I am Shiva among the Rudras, the lord of wealth among the Yakshas and Rakshasas, Agni among the Vasus; Meru among the peaks of the world am I. 10·23
    • वसूनाम्vasūnāmgenitive plural of the masculine noun vasu (a group of Vedic godheads, eight in number: Dhara, Dhruba, Soma, Ahah, Anila, Anala, Pratyusha and Prabhasa).
    • वसुन्‌vasunaccusative plural of the masculine noun vasu (a group of Vedic godheads, eight in number: Dhara, Dhruba, Soma, Ahah, Anila, Anala, Pratyusha and Prabhasa).
    • वसवःvasavaḥnominative plural of the masculine noun vasu (a group of Vedic godheads, eight in number: Dhara, Dhruba, Soma, Ahah, Anila, Anala, Pratyusha and Prabhasa).
    Source: ApteApte entry
  2. अमावसुamāvasuN. of a prince (a descendent of Purūravas); Mb. Hariv.

    Name of a prince (a descendent of Purūravas); Mb. Hariv.

    Source: ApteApte entry
  3. अर्वावसुarvāvasuN. of the Hotṛi of the Gods (देवानां होता).

    Name of the Hotṛi of the Gods (देवानां होता).

    Source: ApteApte entry

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. वसुvasu[vás-u] a. [v-î; bright: √1. vas] good, beneficent (V.); m. ep. of various gods and of the gods in general…

    [vás-u] adjective [v-î; bright: √1. vas] good, beneficent (Veda, Vedic); masculine epithet of various gods and of the gods in general; plural the Vasus, a class of gods (their number being usually eight; Indra is their chief, later Agni and Vishnu); ray of light (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit, rare); noun; neuter goods, wealth, property (Veda, Vedic, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit, very common); gold (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit, very rare); gem, pearl (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit, very rare).

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वसुvasu1. 2. वसु . see pp. 930 and 932.
    1. 1. 2. वसु . see pp. 930 and 932.
    2. mf(उ or वी)neuter gender (for 2. see page and participle 932, column 3) excellent, good, beneficent fg-veda Gr2S3rS.
    3. mf(उ or वी)neuter gender sweet Lexicographers
    4. mf(उ or वी)neuter gender dry Lexicographers
    5. mf(उ or वी)neuter gender Name of the gods (as the "good or bright ones", especially of the A1dityas आदित्य s, Maruts मरुत् s, As3vins अश्विन् s, Indra इन्द्र, Ushas उषस्, Rudra रुद्र, Va1yu वायु, Vishn2u विष्णु, S3iva शिव, and Kubera कुबेर) fg-veda AV. MBh. R.
    6. mf(उ or वी)neuter gender of a particular class of gods (whose number is usually eight, and whose chief is Indra इन्द्र, later Agni अग्नि and Vishn2u विष्णु; they form one of the nine Gan2as गण s or classes enumerated under Gan2a-devata1 गण-देवता quod vide; the eight Vasus वसु s were originally personifications, like other Vedic deities, of natural phenomena, and are usually mentioned with the other Gan2as गण s common in the Veda वेद, viz. the eleven Rudras रुद्र s and the twelve A1dityas आदित्य s, constituting with them and with Dyaus द्यौ s, "Heaven", and Pr2ithivi1 पृथिवी, "Earth" [or, according to some, with Indra इन्द्र and Praja1-pati प्रजा-पति, or, according to according to others, with the two As3vins अश्विन् s], the thirty-three gods to which reference is frequently made; the names of the Vasus वसु s, according to the Vishn2u-Pura1n2a विष्णु-पुराण, are, 1. A1pa आप [connected with अप्, "water"]; 2. Dhruva ध्रुव, "the Pole-star"; 3. Soma सोम, "the Moon"; 4. Dhava धव or Dhara धर; 5. Anila अनिल, "Wind"; 6. Anala अनल or Pa1vaka पावक, "Fire"; 7. Pratyu1sha प्रत्यूष, "the Dawn"; 8. Prabha1sa प्रभास, "Light"; but their names are variously given; Ahan अहन्, "Day", being sometimes substituted for 1; in their relationship to Fire and Light they appear to belong to Vedic rather than Pura1nic Puranic mythology) fg-veda etc.
    7. mf(उ or वी)neuter gender a symbolical Name of the number "eight" VarBr2S.
    8. mf(उ or वी)neuter gender a ray of light Naigh. i, 15
    9. mf(उ or वी)neuter gender a particular ray of light VP.
    10. mf(उ or वी)neuter gender Equivalent to जिन S3i1l. (only Lexicographers the sun; the moon; fire; a rope, thong; a tree; Name of two kinds of plant Equivalent to बक and पीत-मद्गु; a lake, pond; a kind of fish; the tie of the yoke of a plough; the distance from the elbow to the closed fist)
    11. mf(उ or वी)neuter gender Name of a R2ishi ऋषि (with the patronymic Bharad-va1ja भरद्-वाज, author of fg-veda ix, 80-82, reckoned among the seven sages) Hariv.
    12. mf(उ or वी)neuter gender of a son of Manu मनु ibidem
    13. mf(उ or वी)neuter gender of a son of Utta1na-pa1da उत्तान-पाद ibidem
    14. mf(उ or वी)neuter gender of a prince of the Cedis चेदि s also called Upari-cara उपरि-चर MBh.
    15. mf(उ or वी)neuter gender of a son of I1lina ईलिन ibidem
    16. mf(उ or वी)neuter gender of a son of Kus3a कुश and the country called after him fg-veda
    17. mf(उ or वी)neuter gender of a son of Vasu-deva वसु-देव BhP.
    18. mf(उ or वी)neuter gender of a son of Kr2ishn2a कृष्ण ibidem
    19. mf(उ or वी)neuter gender of a son of Vatsara वत्सर ibidem
    20. mf(उ or वी)neuter gender of a son of Hiran2ya-retas हिरण्य-रेतस् and the Varsha वर्ष ruled by him ibidem
    21. mf(उ or वी)neuter gender of a son of Bhu1tajyotis भूतज्योतिस् ibidem
    22. mf(उ or वी)neuter gender of a son of Naraka नरक ibidem
    23. mf(उ or वी)neuter gender of a king of Kas3mi1ra कश्मीर catalogue or catalogues
    24. (उ) feminine light, radiance Lexicographers
    25. feminine a particular drug Lexicographers
    26. feminine Name of a daughter of Daksha दक्ष and mother of the Vasus वसु s (as a class of gods) Hariv. VP.
    27. neuter gender (in Veda वेद genitive case व्/असोस्, व्/अस्वस् and व्/असुनस्; also plural, exceptionally masculine gender) wealth, goods, riches, property fg-veda etc. (688730 that the rest of a word is to be suppliedसोष्-पति masculine gender probably "the god of wealth or property" AV. i, 12 [Paipp. असोष्-प्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, "the god of life"]; 688730.1 that the rest of a word is to be suppliedसोर्-ध्/आरा feminine "stream of wealth", Name of a particular libation of Ghr2ita घृत at the Agni-cayana अग्नि-चयन AV. TS. Breton etc.; of the wife of Agni अग्नि BhP.; of the heavenly Gan3ga1 गङ्गा MBh.; of sacred bathing-place ibidem; of a kind of vessel ibidem; 688730.2 that the rest of a word is to be suppliedसोर्-ध्/आरा-प्रयोग masculine gender Name of work)
    28. neuter gender gold (see -वर्म-धर)
    29. neuter gender a jewel, gem, pearl (see -मेखल)
    30. neuter gender any valuable or precious object Lexicographers
    31. neuter gender (also feminine) a particular drug Lexicographers
    32. neuter gender a kind of salt (Equivalent to रोमक) Lexicographers
    33. neuter gender water Lexicographers
    34. neuter gender a horse (?) Lexicographers
    35. neuter gender Equivalent to श्याम Lexicographers
    36. masculine gender or neuter gender (for 1. see page and participle 930, column 3) dwelling or dweller (see स्/अं-वसु).
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  2. अक्षितावसुakṣitāvasum. "possessed of undecaying wealth", N. of Indra इन्द्र RV. viii, 49,6.

    masculine gender "possessed of undecaying wealth", Name of Indra इन्द्र fg-veda viii, 49,6.

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  3. अन्तर्वसुantarvasum. N. of a Soma सोम sacrifice Ka1tyS3r.

    masculine gender Name of a Soma सोम sacrifice Ka1tyS3r.

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  4. अमावसुamāvasum. N. of a prince (a descendant of Puru1ravas पुरूरवस्) MBh. Hariv. VP.

    masculine gender Name of a prince (a descendant of Puru1ravas पुरूरवस्) MBh. Hariv. VP.

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  5. अर्वाग्वसुarvāgvasumfn. (अर्व्/आग्) offering riches VS. xv, 19 S3Br.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (अर्व्/आग्) offering riches VS. xv, 19 S3Br.
    2. masculine gender (उस्) (for अर्वा-वसु quod vide), Name of a Hotr2i होतृ of the gods GopBr.
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  6. अर्वावसुarvāvasum. N. of a Hotr2i होतृ or Brahman ब्रह्मन् of the gods S3Br. KaushUp.
    1. masculine gender Name of a Hotr2i होतृ or Brahman ब्रह्मन् of the gods S3Br. KaushUp.
    2. masculine gender of a son of Raibhya रैभ्य MBh. etc.
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