Vanahpati, Vanaḥpati, Vanas-pati: 1 definition
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vanaḥpati (वनःपति):—[=vana-s-pati] [from vana > van] a m. (vanas-) (vanas [probably] a form of the [genitive case]; cf. 2. van and rathas-pati) ‘king of the wood’ a, forest-tree ([especially] a large tree bearing fruit apparently without blossoms, as several species of the fig, the jack tree etc., but also applied to any tree), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.
2) [v.s. ...] a stem, trunk, beam, timber, post ([especially] the sacrificial post), [Ṛg-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] ‘lord of plants’, the Soma plant, [ib.; Gṛhya-sūtra; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
4) [v.s. ...] the Indian fig-tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] Bignonia Suaveolens, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] an offering made to the sacrificial post, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; ???]
7) [v.s. ...] anything made of wood ([especially] [particular] parts of a car or carriage, a wooden drum, a wooden amulet, a block on which criminals are executed, a coffin etc.), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]
8) [v.s. ...] an ascetic, [Horace H. Wilson]
9) [v.s. ...] Name of Viṣṇu, [Viṣṇu-smṛti, viṣṇu-sūtra, vaiṣṇava-dharma-śāstra]
10) [v.s. ...] of a son of Ghṛta-pṛṣṭha, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
11) [v.s. ...] [dual number] pestle and mortar, [Ṛg-veda i, 28, 6]
12) [v.s. ...] f. Name of a Gandharvī, [Kāraṇḍa-vyūha]
13) [v.s. ...] n. Name of the Varṣa ruled by Vanas-pati, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
14) [=vanas-pati] [from van] b See [column]1.
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.
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Starts with: Vanahpatikaya, Vanahpatisava, Vanahpatiyaga.
Full-text: Vanahpatisava, Vanahpatiyaga, Vanahpatikaya, Tmanya, Devasu, Rathahpati, Vanaspatya, Varga.
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