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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वासvāsaPerfume.

    [वस् निवासे आच्छादने वा घञ्]

    1. Perfume.
    2. Living, dwelling; वासो यस्य हरेः करे Bv.1.63; R.19.2; नरके नियतं वासो भवतीत्यनुशुश्रुम Bg.1.44.
    3. An abode, a habitation, house; एष शाकुनिकः शेते तव वासं समाश्रितः Mb.12.145.7.
    4. Site, situation; अवाप्य वासं नरदेवपुत्राः Mb.3.176.4.
    5. A day's journey.
    6. Imagination. (वासना).
    7. Semblance.
    8. Clothes, dress.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -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.

    • -कर्णी

      1. a hall where public exhibitions (such as dancing, wrestling matches etc.) are held.
      2. a sacrificial hall.

    • -गृहम्

      1. the inner part of a house.
      2. 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

    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).
    Source: ApteApte entry
  2. अतिवासativāsaFast on the day preceding a Śrāddha.

    Fast on the day preceding a Śrāddha.

    Source: ApteApte entry

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. वासvāsa[vâs-a] m. garment, dress (metr. for vâs-as).
    1. [vâs-a] masculine garment, dress (metrical (due to exigencies of metre) for vâs-as).
    2. [vâs-á] masculine halting, especially for the night. staying overnight; resting, dwelling, sojourn, in (locative, --˚); abode, habitation; seat of (genitive); day's journey (rare); situation, condition (rare): -m vas, take up one's abode, abide, dwell, live: --˚, adjective abiding, living in (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit).
    3. [vâsa] masculine perfume.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वासvāsain comp. for 1. वासस् .
    1. in compound for 1. वासस् .
    2. masculine gender perfuming, perfume Vikr. Ma1lati1m. Car.
    3. masculine gender Gendarussa Vulgaris Lexicographers (also f(आ).)
    4. masculine gender (from √4. वस्) a garment, dress, clothes (mc. for वासस्) MBh. (confer, compare कृष्णवास).
    5. masculine gender (from √5. वस्) staying, remaining (especially "overnight"), abiding, dwelling, residence, living in (locative case or compound; confer, compare Pa1n2. 6-3, 18 Scholiast or Commentator), abode, habitation fg-veda etc.
    6. masculine gender in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' Equivalent to having one's abode in, dwelling or living in
    7. masculine gender वासं-√वस्, to take up one's abode, abide, dwell
    8. masculine gender place or seat of (genitive case) R.
    9. masculine gender a day's journey ibidem
    10. masculine gender state, situation, condition Hariv.
    11. masculine gender Equivalent to वास-गृह, bed-chamber (see -सज्जा)
    12. masculine gender Equivalent to वासना, imagination, idea, semblance of MBh.
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  2. अग्निवासस्agnivāsas(अग्न्/इ-) mfn. wearing a fiery or red garment AV.

    (अग्न्/इ-) masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective wearing a fiery or red garment AV.

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  3. अच्युतवासacyutavāsam. the sacred fig-tree, Ficus Religiosa
    1. masculine gender the sacred fig-tree, Ficus Religiosa
    2. masculine gender अच्युता*वस the same T.
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  4. अजिनवासिन्ajinavāsinmfn. clad in a skin S3Br.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective clad in a skin S3Br.

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  5. अज्ञातवासajñātavāsamfn. whose dwelling is unknown.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective whose dwelling is unknown.

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Dhātupāṭha

Dhātupāṭha — the verbal roots of Sanskrit
  1. वासvāsa10Pto infuse, scent, season

    गुणान्तराधाने

    Class · Parasmaipada · कथादि gaṇa

    to infuse, scent, season

    Source: DhātupāṭhaRoot
  2. वासvāsa10Pto infuse, scent, season

    गुणान्तराधाने

    Class · Parasmaipada · कथादि gaṇa

    to infuse, scent, season

    Source: DhātupāṭhaRoot