Dictionary meanings for nivas from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
I. 1 P. 1 To live, dwell, stay; āho nivatsyati samaṃ hariṇāṃganābhiḥ S. 1. 26; nivasiṣyasi mayyeva Bg. 12. 8.
2 To be, exist; Pt. 1. 31.
3 To occupy, settle in, take possession of.
4 To sojourn, pass the night. II. 2 A. 1 To dress, wear or put on clothes.
2 To change one's clothes.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
A1. -vaste, to put on over another garment Ka1tyS3r.; to gird round (as a sword) MBh.; R. (ind.p. -vasya); to clothe or dress one's self (aor. -avasiṣṭa Impv. -vaddhvam) Bhat2t2.; to change one's clothes MW.: Caus. -vāsayati, to put on (a garment), dress,... n. putting on (a garment) R. 559,1 110222 n. cloth, garment (cf. kaṭī-niv) Var.; Ka1v. &c 559,1 110223 n. an under garment L. 070854 559,1 110224
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
P. -vasati, (rarely te; fut. -vatsyati), to sojourn, pass or spend time, dwell or live or be in (loc.) Mn.; MBh. &c; to keep one's ground, withstand (-vāsate for -vasate ?) RV. x, 37, 3; to inhabit (acc.) MBh.; BhP.; to incur or undergo (acc.) MBh.; to... f. habitation, abode L. 070860 559,1 110230 m. a village L. 070861 559,1 110231 n. dwelling, habitation L. 070862 559,1 110232
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