a. 1 An affix added to nouns to show ‘possession’; dhanavat pos- sessed of wealth; rūpavat beautiful; so bhagavat, bhāsvat &c.; (the words so formed being adjectives).

2 Ad- ded to the base of the past passive participle vat turns it into a past active participle; ityuktavaṃtaṃ janakātma- jāyāṃ R. 14. 43. ind. An affix ad- ded to nouns or adjectives to de- note ‘likeness’ or ‘resemblance’ and may be translated...

an affix (technically termed vati;, see Pa1n2. 5-1, 115 &c) added to words to imply likeness or resemblance, and generally translatable by as, like (e.g. brāhmaṇa-vat, like a Bra1hman Brahman; pitṛ-vat = piteva,pitaram iva,pitur ivaandpitarīva). 118222 915,2... m. the affix vat S3am2k. 118223 915,2 185374

See api-vat. 118224 915,2 185375