apsu-vah

vah

váhati, - te (in later language Ā. only m. c.;
Vedic forms which may partly belong to the aor. are vákshi, voḍham, -ḍhā́m orﾠ voLham, -Lhā́m, uhīta, vákshva, voḍhvam, ūḍhvam, úhāna;
pf. uvāha, ūhúḥ;
ūhé RV. etc. etc.;
vavāha, - hatuḥ MBh. ;
aor. Ved. ávākshīt orﾠ ávāṭ Subj. vákshat, - ati, Prec. uhyāt;
avakshi, avoḍha Gr.;
fut. voḍhā́ Br. ;
vakshyáti, - te AV. etc.;
vahishyati MBh. etc.;
inf. voḍhum RV. etc. etc. <Ved. alsoﾠ - ḍhave andﾠ - ḍhavai>;
vāhe RV. ;
váhadhyai ib. ;
ind. p. ūḍhvā Br. ;
- úhya AV. etc. etc.;
cf. 1. ūh), to carry, transport, convey (with instr. of vehicle) RV. etc. etc.;
to lead, conduct (esp. offerings to the gods, said of Agni) ib. ;
to bear along (water, said of rivers) ib. ;
to draw (a car), guide (horses etc.) ib. ;
to lead towards, to bring, procure, bestow Kāv. Kathās. ;
to cause, effect BhP. ;
to offer (a sacrifice) ib. ;
to spread, diffuse (scent) Kathās. ;
to shed (tears) BhP. ;
to carry away, carry off, rob MBh. Kāv. etc.;
to lead home, take to wife, marry RV. etc. etc.;
to bear orﾠ carry on orﾠ with (Inc. orﾠ instr.) MBh. Kāv. etc.;
to take orﾠ carry with orﾠ about one's self, have, possess Kāv. Pur. Rājat. ;
to wear (clothes) Mṛicch. ;
(with ṡiras) to bear one's head ( uccaiṡ-tarām, « high») Hariv. ;
(with vasuṉdharām orﾠ kshmā-maṇḍālam) to support i.e. rule the earth Rājat. ;
(with garbham) to be with child Pañcat. ;
to bear, suffer, endure Kāv. Pur. ;
to forbear, forgive, pardon BhP. ;
to undergo (with agnim, visham, tulām, « the ordeal of fire, poison, andﾠ the balance») Yājñ. ;
to experience, feel MBh. Kāv. etc.;
to exhibit, show, betray ib. ;
to pay (a fine) Yājñ. ;
to pass, spend (time) Rājat. ;
(intrans.) to drive, ride, go by orﾠ in (with instr. of the vehicle), be borne orﾠ carried along, run, swim etc. RV. etc. etc.;
to draw (scil. a carriage, said of a horse) Mn. VIII, 146 ;
to blow (as wind) Kāv. Sāh. ;
to pass away, elapse Hcar.:
Pass. uhyáte (ep. alsoﾠ - ti;
aor. avāhi), to be carried ( uhyamāna, « being carried») etc.;
to be drawn orﾠ borne by (instr.) orﾠ along orﾠ off RV. etc. etc.:
Caus. vāhayati (m. c. alsoﾠ - te;
aor. avīvahat;
Pass. vāhyate),
to cause to bear orﾠ carry orﾠ convey orﾠ draw (with two acc. Pāṇ. 1-4, 52 Vārtt. 6 Pat.),
drive (a chariot), guide orﾠ ride (a horse), propel (a boat), go orﾠ travel by any vehicle MBh. Kāv. etc.;
to cause to guide (two acc.) Vop. ;
to cause any one (acc.) to carry anything (acc.) on (loc.) MBh. ;
to cause to take in marriage ib. ;
to cause to be conveyed by (instr.) Ragh. Rājat. ;
to traverse (a road) Ragh. ;
to accomplish (a journey) Megh. ;
to employ, keep going orﾠ in work Mn. III, 68; IV, 86 ;
to give, administer ( seeﾠ vāhita);
to take in, deceive ( seeﾠ id.):
Desid. vivakshati, - te Gr.:
Intens. vanīvāhyáte, to carry hither andﾠ thither (cf. vanīvā́hana andﾠ vanīvāhitá);
vāvahīti, to bear (a burden) Subh. ;
vāvahyate, vāvoḍhi
+ Gr. cf. Gk. ὄχος for γγοχος;
Lat. vehere, vehiculum;
Slav. vesti;
Lith. véṡ3ti;
Goth. gawigan;
Germ. bewegen;
Eng. weigh
2) (ifc.;
strong form vāh weak form Ǔk, which with a preceding a coalesces into au;
cf. Pāṇ. 3-2, 64; IV, 1, 61)
carrying, drawing, bearing, holding (cf. anaḍ-uh, apsu-vah, indra-vah etc.)

apsú-váh