1 P. (vāyati) 1 To dry, be dried.

2 To be languid or weary, be exhausted.

ind. A particle of affirmation or certainty (indeed, truly, for- sooth), but it is generally used as an expletive; āpo vai narasūnavaḥ Ms. 1. 10; 2. 231, 9. 49, 11. 78. &c. It is also said to be a vocative particle, and sometimes shows en- treaty or persuasion (anunaya).

(orig. identical with 2. vā) cl.1 P. (Dha1tup. xxii, 24) v/āyati, to become languid or weary or exhausted RV. (śoṣaṇe Dha1tup.); to be deprived of (gen.) RV. viii.47, 6; P. and (ep. also A1.), to blow A1past.; MBh. 129970 1019,3 206544 mfn. (for 1. and 2., see pp. 934, 939) dried up (See 1. a-vāt/a). 129971 1019,3 206545 mfn. dried &c (See 2. vāna, p. 940, col. 2). 129972 1019,3 206546

ind. a particle of emphasis and affirmation, generally placed aṛter a word and laying stress on it (it is usually translatable by indeed, truly, certainly, verily, just &c; it is very rare in the RV.; more frequent in the AV., and very common in the...