vāsaka

Dictionary meanings for vāsaka from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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vāsaka

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. (kā or sikā f.) [vās- vas-ṇic vā ṇvul] 1 Scenting, perfum- ing, infusing, fumigating &c.

2 Causing to dwell, populating. kaṃ Clothes. Comp. sajjā, sajjikā a woman who dresses herself in all her ornaments and keeps herself (and her house) ready to receive her lover, especially when he has made an appointment with her; an expectant heroine, one of the several classes of a Nāyikā; S. D. thus defines her:...

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

m. (in music) a species of dhruvaka (q.v.) Sam2gi1t. 122653 947,3 192401

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

m. N. of a serpent-demon MBh. 947,3 192402 m. pl. N. of a people Ma1rkP. 122654 947,3 192403

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