As a deity name
Name 415 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
वश्या · noun · feminine
लगाम · नीला पराजिता · गोरोचन — Śabdasāgara
वश्या · vaśyā · s.f.
(of وشيه vaśya, q.v.), A docile and obedient wife — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1195
Cited formation "वश्या" is वश्य + -आ: वश्य means "(f. -ā), To be subjected or subdued, controllable, governable", 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 "वश्या" is वश्य + -आ: वश्य means "(f. -ā), To be subjected or subdued, controllable, governable", 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 docile and obedient wife
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vaśyā" is the instrumental of "vaśī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "vaśyā" is the feminine form of "vaśya" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M1 · same meaning "vaśyā" is the instrumental of "vaśi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "vaśya" is derived from "vaś" with the yat suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
vaś cl. 2. P. (Dhātup. xxiv, 71) vaṣṭi, (1. pl. uśmasi, or śmasi, RV.; 3. pl. uśanti, ib.; p. uśat, uśāna and uśamāna, ib.; cl. 1. vaśati and cl. 3. vivaṣṭi [also vavaṣṭi], 2. sg. vavakṣi, ib.; pf. vāvaśuḥ, ˚śe; p. ˚śāna, ib.; uvāśa, ūśuḥ Gr.; aor. avāśīt or avaśīt, ib.; 2. sg. vaśīh, MBh. Prec. uśyāt Gr.; fut. vaśitā, ˚śiṣyati, ib.), to will, command (p. uśamāna, ‘having at command’), RV.; AV.; to desire, wish, long for, be fond of, like (also with inf.), RV. &c. &c. (p. uśat and uśāna, ‘willing, glad, eager, zealous, obedient’; the former with superl. uśat-tama, also = charming, lovely, BhP. [accord. to Sch. also = śuddha, dedīpyamāna, and sv-arcita]); to aver, maintain, affirm, declare for (two acc.), MaitrUp.; VarBṛS.; BhP. : Caus. vāśayati (aor. avīvaśat), to cause to desire &c.; to get in one's power, subject, Cat. : Desid. vivaśiṣati, Gr.; Intens. vāvaśyate, vāvaśīti, or vāvaṣṭi, ib.; p. vāvaśāna, ‘willing, eager’, RV.[cf. Gk. ἑκών, for ϝεκων, ‘willing’.]
vaś 2 P. (vaṣṭi, uśita) 1 To wish, desire, long for; niḥsvo vaṣṭi śataṃ śatī daśaśataṃ Śānti. 2. 6; amī hi vīryaprabhavaṃ bhavasya jayāya senānyamuśaṃti devāḥ Ku. 3. 15; Ś. 7. 20; vaṣṭi bhāgurirallīpamavāpyorupasargayoḥ Sk. 2 To favour. 3 To shine (kāṃtau).
vaśya mfn. to be subjected &c.
subdued, tamed, humbled
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Dictionary citations
vaśyā f. a docile and obedient wife, W.
1. vaśī f. in urvaśī, q.v.
2. vaśī in comp. for 1. vaśa.
vaśya mfn. to be subjected &c.
subdued, tamed, humbled
1. vaśi mfn. = kānta, VS. (Mahīdh.)
vaśi m. subjugation, fascination, bewitching, holding others in magical submission to the will, MW.
vaś cl. 2. P. (Dhātup. xxiv, 71) vaṣṭi, (1. pl. uśmasi, or śmasi, RV.; 3. pl. uśanti, ib.; p. uśat, uśāna and uśamāna, ib.; cl. 1. vaśati and cl. 3. vivaṣṭi [also vavaṣṭi], 2. sg. vavakṣi, ib.; pf. vāvaśuḥ, ˚śe; p. ˚śāna, ib.; uvāśa, ūśuḥ Gr.; aor. avāśīt or avaśīt, ib.; 2. sg. vaśīh, MBh. Prec. uśyāt Gr.; fut. vaśitā, ˚śiṣyati, ib.), to will, command (p. uśamāna, ‘having at command’), RV.; AV.; to desire, wish, long for, be fond of, like (also with inf.), RV. &c. &c. (p. uśat and uśāna, ‘willing, glad, eager, zealous, obedient’; the former with superl. uśat-tama, also = charming, lovely, BhP. [accord. to Sch. also = śuddha, dedīpyamāna, and sv-arcita]); to aver, maintain, affirm, declare for (two acc.), MaitrUp.; VarBṛS.; BhP. : Caus. vāśayati (aor. avīvaśat), to cause to desire &c.; to get in one's power, subject, Cat. : Desid. vivaśiṣati, Gr.; Intens. vāvaśyate, vāvaśīti, or vāvaṣṭi, ib.; p. vāvaśāna, ‘willing, eager’, RV.[cf. Gk. ἑκών, for ϝεκων, ‘willing’.]
vaś 2 P. (vaṣṭi, uśita) 1 To wish, desire, long for; niḥsvo vaṣṭi śataṃ śatī daśaśataṃ Śānti. 2. 6; amī hi vīryaprabhavaṃ bhavasya jayāya senānyamuśaṃti devāḥ Ku. 3. 15; Ś. 7. 20; vaṣṭi bhāgurirallīpamavāpyorupasargayoḥ Sk. 2 To favour. 3 To shine (kāṃtau).
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