[vad-sa; Uṇ. 3. 62] 1 A calf, the young of an animal; tenādya vatsamiva lokamamuṃ puṣāṇa Bh. 2. 46; yaṃ sarvaśailāḥ parikalpya vatsaṃ Ku. 1. 2.

2 A boy, son; in this sense often used in the voc. as a term of endear- ment and translateable by ‘my dear’, ‘my darling’, ‘my dear child’; ayi vatsa kṛtaṃ kṛtamativinayena, kimaparāddhaṃ va- [Page0941-a+ 55] tsena U. 6.

3 Offspring or children in general; jīvadvatsā...