Vasavi, Vāsavī, Vāsavi: 9 definitions
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Vasavi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaVāsavī (वासवी).—Another name of Satyavatī the mother of Vyāsa. (Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 63).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexVāsavī (वासवी).—(Satyavatī): the mind-born daughter of Pitṛs; became Matsyayoni; wife of Parāśara; from her was born Vyāsa as fire from Araṇi.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa I. 4. 14; 6. 38; Vāyu-purāṇa 1. 40.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryvasavī (वसवी).—f (Dim. of vasūṃ) A small ring or band of iron (as around the head of a pounder, the haft of a sickle, woodbill &c.)
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishvasavī (वसवी).—f A small ring or band of iron.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVāsavi (वासवि).—
1) Indra's son Jayanta.
2) Name of Arjuna; ददर्श वासविर्धीमान् विहीनां वृष्णिपुङ्गवैः (dadarśa vāsavirdhīmān vihīnāṃ vṛṣṇipuṅgavaiḥ) (dvārakāṃ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 16.5.11.
3) Name of the monkey वालि (vāli); तत्रापि संध्यामन्वास्य वासविः स हरीश्वरः (tatrāpi saṃdhyāmanvāsya vāsaviḥ sa harīśvaraḥ) Rām.7.34.32.
Derivable forms: vāsaviḥ (वासविः).
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Vāsavī (वासवी).—Name of the mother of Vyāsa; जातः पराशराद्योगी वासव्यां कलया हरेः (jātaḥ parāśarādyogī vāsavyāṃ kalayā hareḥ) Bhāgavata 1.4.14.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVāsavi (वासवि).—m.
(-viḥ) An epithet of Arjuna.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVāsavi (वासवि).—[masculine] = vāsavaja.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vasāvi (वसावि):—[from vas] f. ([from] z. vasu) a treasury, [Ṛg-veda x, 73, 4.]
2) Vasāvī (वसावी):—[from vas] f. ([from] z. vasu) a treasury, [Ṛg-veda x, 73, 4.]
3) Vāsavī (वासवी):—[from vāsava] f. [patronymic] of the mother of Vyāsa (she was the offspring of the Apsaras Adrikā, who as a fish had swallowed the seed of king Vasu), [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
4) [v.s. ...] Indra’s energy, [Catalogue(s)]
5) [v.s. ...] (with or [scilicet] diś) Indra’s region or quarter, the east, [Kādambarī]
6) Vāsavi (वासवि):—[from vāsava] m. ‘Indra’s son’, Name of Arjuna, [Mahābhārata]
7) [v.s. ...] of the monkey Vālin, [Rāmāyaṇa]
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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.
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Starts with: Vacavirttikol, Vasavina, Vasavinem, Vasavipuri.
Ends with: Avasavi.
Full-text: Vasaveya, Videhiputta, Vasava, Vasanem, Vyasa, Manasa.
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Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) (by W. R. S. Ralston)
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Chapter 10 - On Śiva’s granting boons < [Book 1]
Chapter 1 - On the questions put by Janamejaya < [Book 3]
Chapter 26 - On the description by Nārada of his own Moha < [Book 6]
The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
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Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
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