varma-dhara

vásu

sweet L. ;
dry L. ;
N. of the gods (as the good orﾠ bright ones, esp. of the Ādityas, Maruts, Aṡvins, Indra, Ushas, Rudra, Vāyu, Vishṇu, Ṡiva, andﾠ Kubera) RV. AV. MBh. R. ;
of a partic. class of gods (whose number is usually eight, andﾠ whose chief is Indra, later Agni andﾠ Vishṇu;
they form one of the nine Gaṇas orﾠ classes enumerated under Gaṇa-devatā q.v.;
the eight Vasus were originally personifications, like other Vedic deities, of natural phenomena,
andﾠ are usually mentioned with the other Gaṇas common in the Veda, viz. the eleven Rudras andﾠ the twelve Ādiyas, constituting with them andﾠ with Dyaus, Heaven, andﾠ Pṛithivī, « Earth»
< orﾠ, according to some, with Indra andﾠ Prajā-pati, orﾠ, according to others, with the two Aṡvins>,
the thirty-three gods to which reference is frequently made;
the names of the Vasus, according to the Vishṇu-Purāṇa, are,
1. Āpa <connected with ap, « water» >;
2. Dhruva, « the Pole-star» ;
3. Soma, « the Moon» ;
4. Dhava orﾠ Dhara;
5. Anila, « Wind» ;
6. Anala orﾠ Pāvaka, « Fire» ;
7. Pratyusha, « the Dawn» ;
8. Prabhāsa, « Light» ;
but their names are variously given;
Ahan, « Day», being sometimes substituted for 1 ;
in their relationship to Fire andﾠ Light they appear to belong to Vedic rather than Purānic mythology) RV. etc. etc.;
a symbolical N. of the number « eight» VarBṛS. ;
a ray of light Naigh. I, 15 ;
a partic. ray of light VP. ;
= jina Ṡīl. (only L. the sun;
the moon;
fire;
a rope, thong;
a tree;
N. of two kinds of plant = baka andﾠ pīta-madgu;
a lake, pond;
a kind of fish;
the the of the yoke of a plough;
the distance from the elbow to the closed fist);
N. of a Rishi (with the patr. Bharad-vāja, author of RV. IX, 80-82, reckoned among the seven sages) Hariv. ;
of a son of Manu ib. ;
of a son of Uttāna-pāda ib. ;
of a prince of the Cedis alsoﾠ called Upari-cara MBh. ;
of a son of Īlina ib. ;
of a son of Kuṡa andﾠ the country called after him RV. ;
of a son of Vasu-deva BhP. ;
of a son of Kṛishṇa ib. ;
of a son of Vatsara ib. ;
of a son of Hiraṇya-retas andﾠ the Varsha ruled by him ib. ;
of a son of Bhūtajyotis ib. ;
of a son of Naraka ib. ;
of a king of Kaṡmīra Cat. ;
(u) f. light, radiance L. ;
a partic. drug L. ;
N. of a daughter of Daksha andﾠ mother of the Vasus (as a class of gods) Hariv. VP.:
(vī) f. night Naigh. I, 7 ;
n. (in Veda gen. vásos, vásvas andﾠ vásunas;
alsoﾠ pl., exceptionally m.) wealth, goods, riches, property RV. etc. etc. ( vasosh-pati m. prob. « the god of wealth orﾠ property»
AV. I, 12 <Paipp. asosh-p-, « the god of life» >;
vásor-dhā́rā f. « stream of wealth»
N. of a partic. libation of Ghṛita at the Agni-cayana AV. TS. Br. etc.. ;
of the wife of Agni BhP. ;
of the heavenly Gaṇgā MBh. ;
of sacred bathing-place ib. ;
of a kind of vessel ib. ;
- rā-prayoga m. N. of wk.);
gold ( seeﾠ - varma-dhara);
a jewel, gem, pearl ( seeﾠ - mekhala);
any valuable orﾠ precious object L. ;
( alsoﾠ f.) a partic. drug L. ;
a kind of salt (= romaka) L. ;
water L. ;
a horse (?) L. ;
= ṡyāma L. ;
vasu

- वसुकर्ण
- वसुकल्प
- वसुकल्पदत्त
- वसुकीट
- वसुकृत्
- वसुकृमि
- वसुक्र
- वसुगुप्त
- वसुगुप्ताचार्य
- वसुचन्द्र
- वसुचरित
- वसुच्छिद्रा
- वसुजित्
- वसुज्येष्ठ
- वसुता
- वसुताति
- वसुत्ति
- वसुत्व
- वसुत्वन
- वसुद
- वसुदत्त
- वसुदत्तक
- वसुदा
- वसुदान
- वसुदाम
- वसुदामन्
- वसुदावन्
- वसुदेय
- वसुदेव
- वसुदेवत
- वसुदेव्या
- वसुदैव
- वसुदैवत
- वसुधर
- वसुधर्मन्
- वसुधर्मिका
- वसुधा
- वसुधातुकारिका
- वसुधान
- वसुधार
- वसुधारिणी
- वसुधित
- वसुधिति
- वसुधेय
- वसुनन्द
- वसुनन्दक
- वसुनाग
- वसुनीति
- वसुनीथ
- वसुनेत्र
- वसुनेमि
- वसुंधर
- वसुंधरा
- वसुपति
- वसुपत्नी
- वसुपातृ
- वसुपाल
- वसुपालित
- वसुपूज्यराज्
- वसुप्रद
- वसुप्रभा
- वसुप्राण
- वसुबन्धु
- वसुभ
- वसुभट्ट
- वसुभरित
- वसुभाग
- वसुभूत
- वसुभूति
- वसुभृद्यान
- वसुमत्
- वसुमति
- वसुमनस्
- वसुमय
- वसुमित्र
- वसुमेखल
- वसुरक्षित
- वसुरण्व
- वसुरथ
- वसुराज
- वसुरात
- वसुरुच्
- वसुरुचि
- वसुरूप
- वसुरेतस्
- वसुरोचिस्
- वसुलक्ष्मी
- वसुवत्
- वसुवन्
- वसुवन
- वसुवनि
- वसुवर्मधर
- वसुवल्लिका
- वसुवाह
- वसुवाहन
- वसुविद्
- वसुविन्द
- वसुवीर्य
- वसुवृष्टि
- वसुव्रत
- वसुशक्ति
- वसुश्रवस्
- वसुश्री
- वसुश्रुत
- वसुश्रेष्ठ
- वसुषेण
- वसुसम्पत्ति
- वसुसम्पूर्ण
- वसुसार
- वसुसेन
- वसुस्थली
- वसुहट्ट
- वसुहट्टक
- वसुहोम