vāśitā

Dictionary meanings for vāśitā from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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vāśitā

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1 A female elephant; a- bhyapadyata sa vāśitāsakhaḥ puṣpitāḥ kama- linīriva dvipaḥ R. 19. 11; (also writ- ten vāsitā in this sense).

2 A wo- man.

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

f. (also written vāsitā, prob. fr. vaś) a cow desiring the bull (also applied to other animals desiring the male, esp. to a female elephant) AV. &c Page947,2 192273 f. a woman, wife MBh. 122576 947,2 192274 f. a young female elephant MBh. xi, 642 (cf. Pa1n2. 2-1, 65). 122577 947,2 192275

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