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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वासस्vāsasA cloth, garment, clothes; वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृङ्णाति नरोऽपराणि Bg.2.22; Ku.7.9; Me.61.

    [वस्-आछादने असि णिञ्च]

    1. A cloth, garment, clothes; वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृङ्णाति नरोऽपराणि Bg.2.22; Ku.7.9; Me.61.
    2. A pall.
    3. A curtain.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कुटी (वासःकुटी) a tent.

    • -खण्डः 'a piece of cloth', a rag, tatter.

    • -वृक्षः a shelter-tree; वयांसि वासो- वृक्षं संप्रतिष्ठन्ते Praśna Up.4.7.

    In the Gita2·22

    वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय

    vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya — The embodied soul casts away old and takes up new bodies as a man changes worn-out raiment for new. 2·22
    • वासांसिvāsāṁsiaccusative plural of the neuter noun vāsas (raiment).
    Source: ApteApte entry
  2. अभिवासस्abhivāsasind.Over the covering or cloth.

    Over the covering or cloth.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. वासस्vāsas[vấs-as] n. [√2. vas] garment, robe, dress; cloth: du. upper and lower garment.
    1. [vấs-as] neuter [√2. vas] garment, robe, dress; cloth: dual upper and lower garment.
    2. [vâs-as] neuter night-quarters (rare).
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वासस्vāsasn. (for 2. see col. 2) cloth, clothes, dress, a garment (du. an upper and under garment; cf. वासो-युग) RV. &c.
    1. neuter gender (for 2. see column 2) cloth, clothes, dress, a garment (dual number an upper and under garment; confer, compare वासो-युग) fg-veda etc.
    2. neuter gender the "clothing" or feathers of an arrow MBh. R. etc. (only in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'; confer, compare बर्हिण-व्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    3. neuter gender cotton Lexicographers
    4. neuter gender a pall MW.
    5. neuter gender a screen ibidem
    6. neuter gender (with मर्कटस्य) a cobweb Lexicographers
    7. neuter gender dual number (with समुद्रस्य) Name of two Sa1mans सामन् s A1rshBr.
    8. neuter gender lodging for the night, night-quarters Pras3nUp.
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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. अधीवासस्adhīvāsas([Vait.]) m. an upper garment, mantle.
    1. ([Vait.]) masculine gender an upper garment, mantle.
    2. indeclinable over the garment Ka1tyS3r.
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  4. अधोवासस्adhovāsasn. an under garment, Maha1n.

    neuter gender an under garment, Maha1n.

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  5. अन्तर्वासस्antarvāsasn. an inner or under garment Katha1s.

    neuter gender an inner or under garment Katha1s.

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  6. अबहिर्वासस्abahirvāsasmfn. without an upper garment BhP.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective without an upper garment BhP.

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  7. अभिवासस्abhivāsasind. over the garment S3Br.
    1. indeclinable over the garment S3Br.
    2. neuter gender (अस्) (scilicet अङ्गिरसाम्) "the cover of the An3giras अङ्गिरस्", Name of a Sa1man सामन् .
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