The Sanskrit term Vaśitṛ can be transliterated into English as Vasitr or Vashitri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vaśitṛ (वशितृ).—a. Independent.

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

Vasitṛ (वसितृ).—mfn. (-tā-trī-tṛ) Who or what wears. E. vas to put on, tṛc aff.

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

1) Vaśitṛ (वशितृ):—[from vaś] mfn. having one’s will free, independent, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) Vasitṛ (वसितृ):—[from vas] mfn. one who wears or puts on (-tama mfn. = ācchādayitṛ-tama, used to explain vasiṣṭha), [Śaṃkarācārya on Chāndogya-upaniṣad v, 1, 2.]

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

Vasitṛ (वसितृ):—[(tā-trī-tṛ) v.] Wearing.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Vasitṛ (वसितृ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vasira.

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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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Full-text: Vasitritama, Vashira.

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Taittiriya Upanishad Bhashya Vartika (by R. Balasubramanian)

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