As a Hindi name
वाशिता · noun · feminine
स्त्री · हथिनी · पत्नी — Śabdasāgara
वाशिता · vāśitā · s.f.
= vāsitā, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1175
Cited formation "वाशिता" is वाशित + -आ: वाशित means "An incor. form for vāsit, 'perfumed,' &c", 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: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "वाशिता" is वाशित + -आ: वाशित means "An incor. form for vāsit, 'perfumed,' &c", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a cow desiring the bull (also applied to other animals desiring the male, esp. to a female elephant), &c. &c.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vāśitā" is the feminine form of "vāśita" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M3 · meaning shifts "vāśitā" is derived from "vāśi" with the tal suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
vāśi m. ‘roaring’, fire or the god of fire, Uṇ. iv, 124, Sch.
vāśi m. (-śiḥ) Fire. E. vāśa to sound, Uṇādi aff. iñ.
vāśitā f. (also written vāsitā, prob. fr. √ vaś) a cow desiring the bull (also applied to other animals desiring the male, esp. to a female elephant), AV. &c. &c.
a woman, wife, MBh.
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Dictionary citations
vāśitā f. (also written vāsitā, prob. fr. √ vaś) a cow desiring the bull (also applied to other animals desiring the male, esp. to a female elephant), AV. &c. &c.
a woman, wife, MBh.
vāśitā 1 A female elephant; abhyapadyata sa vāśitāsakhaḥ puṣpitāḥ kamalinīriva dvipaḥ R. 19. 11; (also written vāsitā in this sense). 2 A woman.
1. vāśita mfn. roared, cried, sung, MBh. &c.
vāśita n. roaring, croaking, yelling, howl, cry, scream, MBh.; R.; VarBṛS.; Kathās.
vāśi m. ‘roaring’, fire or the god of fire, Uṇ. iv, 124, Sch.
vāśi m. (-śiḥ) Fire. E. vāśa to sound, Uṇādi aff. iñ.
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