As a deity name
Name 405 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
subdued, tamed, humbled
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vaśyāya" is the dative of "vaśya" — 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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vaśya mfn. to be subjected &c.
subdued, tamed, humbled
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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