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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vaitasa (वैतस).—a. (-sī f.)

1) Pertaining to a cane.

2) Reedlike, i. e. yielding to a superior foe, bowing down to a stronger enemy; आत्मा संरक्षितः सुह्मैर्वृत्तिमाश्रित्य वैतसीम् (ātmā saṃrakṣitaḥ suhmairvṛttimāśritya vaitasīm) R.4.35; वलीयसा समाक्रान्तो वैतसीं वृत्तिमाश्रयेत् (valīyasā samākrānto vaitasīṃ vṛttimāśrayet) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 3.19.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vaitasa (वैतस).—m.

(-saḥ) A sort of cane, (Calamus fasciculatus.) f. (-sī) 1. Pertaining to the cane. 2. Humble yielding. E. vetasa, aṇ pleonasm.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vaitasa (वैतस).—i. e. vetasa + a, I. adj., f. sī, Reed-like, [Pañcatantra] iii. [distich] 18. Ii. m. A sort of cane, Calamus fasciculatus.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vaitasa (वैतस).—[feminine] ī made of reed, reed-like; sīvṛttiḥ [feminine] flexibility, pliantness.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Vaitasa (वैतस):—mf(ī)n. ([from] vetasa) made of or peculiar to a reed (sī vṛtti, ‘reed-like action’ id est. yielding to superior force, adapting one’s self to circumstances), [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra] etc.

2) m. or n. a basket made of reed, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

3) m. (met.) the penis, [Atharva-veda]

4) Rumex Vesicarius, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) Calamus Fasciculatus, [Horace H. Wilson]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vaitasa (वैतस):—(saḥ) 1. m. A sort of cane.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vaitasa in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Vaitasaita, Vaitasaka, Vaitasavritti.

Full-text: Vaitasaka, Danda, Itasuna, Vaitasena, Vitasta, Shata, Kata.

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Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)

Kāṇḍa XI, adhyāya 5, brāhmaṇa 1 < [Eleventh Kāṇḍa]

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