As a Hindi name
वाशा · noun · feminine
वासक । अड़ूसा — Śabdasāgara
वाशा · vāśā · s.f.
The plant Justicia ganderussa — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1175
वाँ
Cited formation "वाशा" is वाश + -आ: वाश means "अड़ूसा । वासक", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "वाशा" is वाश + -आ: वाश means "अड़ूसा । वासक", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a species of plant
Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vāśā" is the feminine form of "vāśa" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M3 · meaning shifts "vāśa" is derived from "vāś" with the aṇ/añ suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
vāś cl. 4. Ā. (Dhātup. xxvi, 54) vāśyate (ep. also vāśyati, Ved. and ep. also vāśati, ˚te; pf. vavāśe, ˚śire; in RV. also vāvaśre and p. vāvaśāna; aor. avāśiṣṭa, Br.; fut. vāśitā, vāśiṣyate Gr.; inf. vāśitum, ib.; ind.p. vāśitvā, -vāśya, VarBṛS.), to roar, howl, bellow, bleat, low (as a cow), cry, shriek, sing (like a bird), sound, resound, RV. &c. &c.: Caus. vāśayati (aor. avavāśat, in RV. also avīvaśat, avīvaśanta), to cause to roar or low or resound or thunder, RV.; (Ā.) to roar or sound aloud, ib. : Desid. vivāśiṣate Gr.: Intens. vāvāśyate (v.l. rārāśyate, MBh.), vāvaṣṭi (impf. aor. avāvaśanta, vāvaśanta, avāvaśītām; p. vāvaśat), to roar or scream or sound aloud, RV. [vāś is sometimes wrongly written vās.]
vāś I. 4 A. (vāśyate, vāśita) 1 To roar, cry, scream, shriek, howl; hum (as birds), sound in general; (śivāḥ) tāṃ śritāḥ pratibhayaṃ vavāśire R. 11. 61, Śi. 18. 75, 76; Bk. 14. 14, 76. 2 To call.
1. vāśa mfn. roaring, sounding, RV. viii, 19, 31
id. (only ā and ī f. pl. applied to water), VS.; TS.
M3 · meaning shifts "vāśa" is derived from "vā" with the śas suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
vā f. going
hurting
1. vāśa mfn. roaring, sounding, RV. viii, 19, 31
id. (only ā and ī f. pl. applied to water), VS.; TS.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
vāśā f. a species of plant, Kauś.
vāśā f. (-śā) A plant, (Justicia ganderussa): see vāsa, and vāsaka; also with kan added vāśikā.
1. vāśa mfn. roaring, sounding, RV. viii, 19, 31
id. (only ā and ī f. pl. applied to water), VS.; TS.
vāś cl. 4. Ā. (Dhātup. xxvi, 54) vāśyate (ep. also vāśyati, Ved. and ep. also vāśati, ˚te; pf. vavāśe, ˚śire; in RV. also vāvaśre and p. vāvaśāna; aor. avāśiṣṭa, Br.; fut. vāśitā, vāśiṣyate Gr.; inf. vāśitum, ib.; ind.p. vāśitvā, -vāśya, VarBṛS.), to roar, howl, bellow, bleat, low (as a cow), cry, shriek, sing (like a bird), sound, resound, RV. &c. &c.: Caus. vāśayati (aor. avavāśat, in RV. also avīvaśat, avīvaśanta), to cause to roar or low or resound or thunder, RV.; (Ā.) to roar or sound aloud, ib. : Desid. vivāśiṣate Gr.: Intens. vāvāśyate (v.l. rārāśyate, MBh.), vāvaṣṭi (impf. aor. avāvaśanta, vāvaśanta, avāvaśītām; p. vāvaśat), to roar or scream or sound aloud, RV. [vāś is sometimes wrongly written vās.]
vāś I. 4 A. (vāśyate, vāśita) 1 To roar, cry, scream, shriek, howl; hum (as birds), sound in general; (śivāḥ) tāṃ śritāḥ pratibhayaṃ vavāśire R. 11. 61, Śi. 18. 75, 76; Bk. 14. 14, 76. 2 To call.
vā f. going
hurting
Alternative readings
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