वसन्तvasantaThe spring, vernal season (comprising the two months चैत्र and वैशाख); मधुमाधवौ वसन्तः Su&śr.; सर्वं प्रिये…
[वस्-झच् Uṇ.3.128]
- 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.
- Spring personified as a deity and regarded as a companion of Kāmadeva; सुहृदः पश्य वसन्त किं स्थितम् Ku.4.27.
- Dysentery.
- Smallpox.
- (In dramas) A nickname for the Vidūṣaka or buffoon.
Derived forms and compounds
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-अवतारः the advent or setting in of the spring; वसन्तावतारसमयेऽस्या उन्मादयितृकं रूपं प्रेक्ष्य Ś.1.
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-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.
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-कालः the spring-tide, vernal season.
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-कुसुमः Cordia Latifolia (Marâthî गोंधणी).
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-घोषिन् Masculine a cuckoo.
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-जा
- the Vāsantī or Mādhavī creeper.
- the spring festival; see वसन्तोत्सव.
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-तिलकः, -कम् the ornament of the spring; फुल्लं वसन्ततिलकं तिलकं वनाल्याः Chand. M.5. (-कः -का -कम्) Name of a metre.
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-दूतः
- the cuckoo.
- the month called Chaitra.
- the musical mode हिन्दोल.
- the mango tree.
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-दूती
- the trumpet-flower.
- the female cuckoo.
- Bignonia Suaveolens (Marâthî पाटला).
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-द्रुः द्रुमः the mango tree.
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-पञ्चमी the fifth day in the bright half of Māgha.
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-बन्धुः, -योधः, -सखः epithets of the god of love.
Source: Apte