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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for वा

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Apte Dictionary

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

वाvāind.As an alternative conjunction it means 'or'; but its position is different in Sanskrit, being used either with…
1. As an alternative conjunction it means 'or'; but its position is different in Sanskrit, being used either with each word or assertion or only with the last, but it is never used at the beginning of a clause; Compare च.
2. It has also the following senses: (a) and, as well as, also; वायुर्वा दहनो वा G. M.; अस्ति ते माता स्मरसि वा तातम् Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)4. (b) like, as; जातां मन्ये तुहिनमथितां पद्मिनीं वान्यरूपाम् Me.85 (Vartious reading); मणी वोष्ट्रस्य लम्बेते Sk.; हृष्टो गर्जति चाति- दर्पितबलो दुर्योधनो वा शिखी Mk.5.6; स्नानीयवस्त्रक्रियया पत्रोर्णं वोपयुज्यते M.5.12; Śi.3.63;4.35;7.64; Ki.3.13. (c) optionally; (in this sense mostly in grammatical rules as of Pāṇini); दोषो णौ वा चित्तविरागे ParasmaipadaVI.4. 99,91. (d) possibility; (in this sense वा is usually added to the interrogative pronoun and its derivatives like इव or नाम), and may be translated by 'possibly', 'I should like to know'; कस्य वान्यस्य वचसि मया स्थातव्यम् K.; परिवर्तिनि संसारे मृतः को वा न जायते Pt.1.27. (e) sometimes used merely as an expletive. (f) indeed, truly. (g) only.
3. When repeated वा has the sense of 'either-or,' 'whether-or'; सा वा शंभोस्तदीया वा मूर्तिर्जल- मयी मम Ku.2.6; तदत्र परिश्रमानुरोधाद्वा उदात्तकथावस्तुगौर- वाद्वा नवनाटकदर्शनकुतूहलाद्वा भवद्बिरवधानं दीयमानं प्रार्थये Ve.1; एक एक खगो मानी सुखं जीवति चातकः । म्रियते वा पिपासायां याचते वा पुरंदरम् ॥ Subhāṣ. (अथवा or, or rather, or else; see under अथ; न वा not, neither, nor; यदि वा or if; यद्वा or, or else; किं वा whether, possibly etc.; किं वा शकुन्तलेत्यस्य मातुराख्या Ś.7.2/21; को वा or के वा followed by a negative means 'everyone, all'; के वा न स्युः परिभवफला निष्फलारम्भयत्नाः Me.56.
Derived forms and compounds
- वा vā
  
  I. 2 Parasmaipada (वाति, वात or वान)
  
  To blow; वाता वाता दिशि दिशि न वा सप्तधा सप्तभिन्नाः Ve.3.6; दिशः प्रसेदुर्मरुतो ववुः सुखाः R.3.14; Me.44; Bk.7.1;8.61.
  
  To go, move.
  
  To strike, hurt, injure.
  
  To emit an odour, be diffused.
  
  To smell. -Causal (वापयति-ते)
  
  To cause to blow.
  
  (वाजयति-ते) To shake. -With आ to blow; बद्धां बद्धां भित्तिशङ्काममुष्मिन्नावानावान्मातरिश्वा निहन्ति Ki.5.36; Bk. 14.97.
- -प्र
  
  वि to blow; वायुर्विवाति हृदयानि हरन्नराणाम् Ṛs. 6.23. -II. 4 Parasmaipada (वायति)
  
  To be dried up, to dry.
  
  To be extinguished. -III. 1 Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada) (वापयति-ते)
  
  To go, move.
  
  To be happy.
  
  To worship, reverence.
Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

वाvāin comp. for वार् .
1. in compound for वार् .
2. indeclinable or (excluded, like the Latin ve, from the first place in a sentence, and generally immediately following, rarely and only masculine gender case preceding, the word to which it refers) fg-veda etc. etc. (often used in disjunctive sentences; वा-वा, "either" -- "or", "on the one side" -- "on the other"; न वा -- वा or न -- वा, "neither" -- "nor"; वा न-वा, "either not" -- "or"; यदि वा-वा, "whether" -- "or"; in a sentence containing more than two members वा is nearly always repeated, although if a negative is in the first clause it need not be so repeated; वा is sometimes interchangeable with च and अपि, and is frequently combined with other particles, especially with अथ, अथो*, उत, किम्, यद्, यदि quod vide [exempli gratia, 'for example' अथ वा, "or else"]; it is also sometimes used as an expletive)
3. indeclinable either-or not, optionally Ka1tyS3r. Mn. etc. (in gram. वा is used in a rule to denote its being optional exempli gratia, 'for example' Pa1n2. 1-2, 13; 35 etc.)
4. indeclinable as, like (Equivalent to इव) Pa1rGr2. MBh. etc.
5. indeclinable just, even, indeed, very (Equivalent to एव, laying stress on the preceding word) Ka1tyS3r. Ka1v.
6. indeclinable but even if, even supposing (followed by a future) Pan5c. v, 36/37
7. indeclinable however, nevertheless Ba1dar. Ba1lar.
8. indeclinable (after a rel. or interr.) possibly, perhaps, I dare say MBh. Ka1v. etc. (exempli gratia, 'for example' किं वा शकुन्तले*त्य् अस्य मातुर् आख्या, "is his mother's name perhaps S3akuntala1 शकुन्तला ?" S3ak. vii, 20/21; को वा or के वा followed by a negative may in such cases be translated by "every one, all" exempli gratia, 'for example' के वा न स्युः परिभव-पदं निष्फला*रम्-भ-यत्नाः, "everybody whose efforts are fruitless is an object of contempt" Megh. 55) .
9. feminine going
10. feminine hurting
11. feminine an arrow
12. feminine weaving
13. class2 Parasmaipada (Dha1tup. xxiv, 42) व्/आति (perfect tense ववौ Breton MBh. etc.; Aorist अवासीत् Breton; future वास्यति Megh.; infinitive mood वातुम् Hariv.), to blow (as the wind) fg-veda etc.; to procure or bestow anything (accusative) by blowing fg-veda i, 89, 4; to blow towards or upon (accusative) MBh. xii, 2798; to emit an odour, be diffused (as perfume) S3Br.; to smell (trans.) Vikr. iv, 41 (varia lectio); to hurt, injure Vop. : Causal वापयति see निर्-√वा and confer, compare वाजय : Desiderative विवासति see √1. वन् . ([confer, compare Greek ἄημι for ϝαημι; Latin ventus; Slavonic or Slavonian vejati; Gothic waian, winds; German wa7jan, woejen, wehen, Wind; Anglo-Saxon wa7wan; English wind .])
Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

वाvā[vâ] encl. pcl. or (following, but metr. sts. preceding); either or not, optionally; (= iva), like, as, as it…

[vâ] encliti pcl. or (following, but metrical (due to exigencies of metre) sts. preceding); either or not, optionally; (Equivalent to iva), like, as, as it were; (Equivalent toeva), just, etc. (rare); but, however (rare); even, even sup posing (with future; rare); after inter. or relativeEquivalent to possibly, pray: vâ -vâ, either -or (when there are two clauses, the verb of the first only is as a rule accented); na ± vâ -vâ, kim vâ -kim vâ or na vâ, neither -nor; vâ na vâ, either -or not; perhaps -or perhaps not; whether -or not; yadi vâ -vâ, whether -or; in a sentence containing more than two members vâ is nearly always repeated, while a negative at the beginning of the series need not be repeated as its sense runs through all the remaining members (Equivalent tonot, either -or or); in this case vâ often interchanges with ka and api, or is combined with the pcls. api (± punah), atha (± u, api, or punah), yad, yadi, or utá.

Source: Macdonell

Dhātupāṭha

Dhātupāṭha — the verbal roots of Sanskrit

वाvā

गति-गन्धनयोः

2P, aniṭ, sak

to blow; to strike, kill, point out the faults of others

Paradigms in the source1 table

Present (laṭ) · parasmaipadaSource: DR

Person	Singular	Dual	Plural
3rd	वाति	वातः	वान्ति
2nd	वासि	वाथः	वाथ
1st	वामि	वावः	वामः

Source: Dhātupāṭha

Analysis (Beta) · वा

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