Dictionary meanings for vitan from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
8 U. 1 To spread, stretch; sphuritavitatajihvaḥ Mk. 9. 12; Ki. 15. 53, Śi. 5. 38, 14. 53.
2 To cover, fill; prasvedabiṃduvitataṃ vadanaṃ priyāyāḥ Ch. P. 9; yo vitatva sthitaḥ khaṃ Me. 58.
3 To form, make; śreṇībaṃdhādvitanvaddhi- rastaṃbhāṃ toraṇasrajaṃ R. 1. 41; Ki. 16. 51.
4 To stretch, string (as a bow); U. 6. 1; Bk. 3. 47.
5 To cause, produce, create, give, bestow; V. 1. 4.
6 To write or compose (as a...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
P. A1. -tanoti, -tanute (fut. -tāyitā BhP.), to spread out or through or over, cover, pervade, fill TUp.; MBh. &c; to spread, stretch, extend (a net, snare, cord &c) RV. &c; to draw or bend (a bow) MBh.; to spread out i.e. lay on, impose (a yoke) RV.; to... mfn. spread out, extended &c 962,2 195476 mfn. diffused, drawn (as a bow-string) RV. 962,2 195477 mfn. bent (as a bow) R. 962,2 195478