Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
f. (fr. 1. ve) weaving, braiding L. 1014,2 205435 f. braided hair or a braid of hair, hair twisted into a single unornamented braid and allowed to fall on the back (so worn by widows and women who mourn for absent husbands cf. eka-veṇi; the water of a river is often compared to such a braid, but in these... f. the confluence or meeting of two or more rivers or streams in a common point of union (as at Praya1ga...
