Vasti, Vashti: 23 definitions
Introduction:
Vasti means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Christianity, Marathi, biology, Tamil. 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
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Vasti (वस्ति) refers to “(the region of the) stomach”, according to the Amṛtasiddhi, a 12th-century text belonging to the Haṭhayoga textual tradition.—Accordingly, “Endowed with ten digits, in the middle of the sphere of the sun in the region of the stomach (vasti-deśa) dwells fire, which digests food. Fire is the sun; the sun is fire. The two look almost the same [but] differ subtly”.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Vasti (वस्ति) refers to the “bladder” (of an elephant)” (which should be strengthened during the rainy season), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 11, “35. Water from a well, grass growing on dry land, a place free from mud, production of smoke in the stall to rid it of flies and gnats, means of strengthening the bladder (vasti) [vastyāsthāpanakarma], porridge mixed with jungle-deer soup and oil, and broth that increases the belly fire (of digestion),—this is the regimen for the rainy season”.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Biology (plants and animals)
Vasti in India is the name of a plant defined with Gossypium herbaceum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Gossypium zaitzevii Prokh. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· FBI (1874)
· Blumea (1966)
· Fl. Novo-Galiciana (2001)
· Florae Senegambiae Tentamen (1831)
· Hereditas (Beijing) (1995)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Vasti, for example extract dosage, chemical composition, health benefits, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, side effects, have a look at these references.
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
vasti (वस्ति).—f S The belly below the navel; the hypogastrium and pubes. 2 A clyster-pipe, a tube of bladder or gut with a nozzle.
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vastī (वस्ती).—f (vasati S) Abiding, residing, staying. 2 An abode. 3 Peopled state: also the population or people. vastīsa rāhaṇēṃ To alight or put up at a place.
vasti (वस्ति).—f The belly below the navel; a clyster-pipe.
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vastī (वस्ती).—f Abiding; an abode. Peopled state. The people. vastīsa rāhaṇēṃ Alight or put up at a place.
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
Vasti (वस्ति).—m., f. [vas-tiḥ, Uṇādi-sūtra 4.188]
1) Residing, dwelling, staying.
2) The abdomen, the lower belly.
3) The pelvis.
4) The bladder.
5) A syringe, clyster.
Derivable forms: vastiḥ (वस्तिः).
Vasti (वस्ति).—mf.
(-stiḥ) 1. The lower belly, hypogastric or pubic region. 2. The bladder. 3. A clyster-syringe, or bag made of bladder or gut, with a wooden or metallic nozzle. 4. Abiding, dwelling, staying. plu. only
(-stayaḥ) The ends of a cloth. E. vas to wear, Unadi aff. ti; or vas to abide, ktin aff.; or vaste āvṛṇoti mūtram vas-tic .
Vasti (वस्ति).—m. and f. 1. The belly below the navel, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 234. 2. The bladder, [Suśruta] 2, 201, 12. 3. A bag made of bladder. 4. Abiding (vb. 1. vas). 5. pl. The skirt of a cloth (vb. 3. vas).
Vaṣṭi (वष्टि).—[adjective] desirous or desirable.
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Vasti (वस्ति).—[masculine] [feminine] bladder; *fringe.
1) Vaṣṭi (वष्टि):—[from vaś] mfn. ([from] √vaś) eager, desirous, [Ṛg-veda v, 79, 5.]
2) Vasti (वस्ति):—[from vas] 1. vasti m. or f. (for 2. See [column]2) the ends or skirt of a cloth (also [plural]), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [from vas] 2. vasti f. (for 1. See [column]1, for 3. See p. 933, col. 1) abiding, dwelling, staying, [Horace H. Wilson]
4) 3. vasti mf. (also written basti; [perhaps] connected with 2. vasti See p. 932, col. 3) the bladder, [Atharva-veda] etc. etc.
5) the lower belly, abdomen, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Kāśī khaṇḍa, from the skanda-purāṇa]
6) the pelvis, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
7) an injection-syringe made of bladder or the injection itself, [Kathāsaritsāgara; Suśruta etc.]
8) cf. [Latin] venter, vesica; [German] wanast, Wanst.
9) Vastī (वस्ती):—[from vasti] f. an act in the practice of Yoga (see ṣaṭ-karman, p. 1108).
Vasti (वस्ति):—(striḥ) 2. m. f. The abdomen; bladder; a syringe; staying. plu. Ends of cloth.
Vaṣṭi (वष्टि):—(von vaś) begehrend, begehrlich: pari ci.vaṣṭayo dadhu.dadato.rādho.ahrayam [Ṛgveda 5, 79, 5.]
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Vasti (वस्ति):—(basti die Bomb. Ausg. des [Mahābhārata] und [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S.]) [Uṇādisūtra.4,179.] m. [Siddhāntakaumudī 250,a,4.] m. f. [251,a,12.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa.3,5,17.]
1) m. Blase, Harnblase [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 606.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 1, 3, 4. 11, 3, 43.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 19, 88. 25, 7.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 2, 2, 9, 2.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10, 6, 1, 5. 12, 9, 1, 3.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 14. 26.] [Chāndogyopaniṣad 5, 16, 2.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 234.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 94.] [Suśruta 1, 48, 13. 2, 197, 1.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 1, 4.] [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 342.] mūla [Mahābhārata 3, 13965. 12, 6871.] śodhana [Suśruta 1, 174, 4.] pīḍā [261, 19.] ruj [165, 21.] vyāpad [Oxforder Handschriften 307,a,36.] die Gegend unterhalb des Nabels: vastirnābheradhaḥ [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 2, 24.] [Medinīkoṣa t. 54.] vastiḥ (striyāṃ) praśastā vipulā mṛdvī stokaṃ samunnatā . romaśā ca sirālā ca [KĀŚĪKH. 37, 44] [?(nach AUFRECHT). Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 51, 34. 52, 6.] —
2) Klystierblase, Klystierbeutel; auch das Klystier selbst [Medinīkoṣa] [Suśruta 2, 196, 4. 13. 197. 15. 19. 198, 2. 201, 5. fgg.] sakṣīra [227, 2. 20.] vastibhirdīyate yasmāttasmādvastirvidhīyate [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH. 3, 5, 1. 2. 7.] vidhi [Oxforder Handschriften 304,b,29.] kalpa [307,a,30.] vastyarthamauṣadhaṃ dattvā [Kathāsaritsāgara 64, 15.] vastyauṣadhaṃ gude mūrkha dīyate na tu pīyate [18.] vastyādidānaprāyaścitta [Oxforder Handschriften 282,b,23. fg.] vastī (vasti) bei Selbstpeinigungen [234,b,6. fgg.] —
3) sg. und pl. Fransen [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 3, 15.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 667.] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 2, 396.] — Vgl. aja, indra. uttara, netra, vāta, siddha, sneha, vāsteya .
Vasti (वस्ति) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vatthi.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Vasti (ವಸ್ತಿ):—
1) [noun] the act or process of seeping; leakage; seepage.
2) [noun] dampness caused by such leakage.
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Vasti (ವಸ್ತಿ):—[noun] a jaina temple or monastery.
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Vasti (ವಸ್ತಿ):—
1) [noun] the fact of living at a place as a resident for a considerable time.
2) [noun] a staying, sojourning at a place, for a temporary period.
3) [noun] the portion of the belly below the navel in human; hypogastrium.
4) [noun] an injection syringe made of a bladder for forcing a purgative enema into the colon through the anus.
5) [noun] the act of forcing enema in this manner.
6) [noun] the purgative enema used for this purpose.
7) [noun] the border of a cloth.
8) [noun] ವಸ್ತಿಮಾಡು [vastimadu] vasti māḍu to stay or make arrangements to stay at some place temporarily; ವಸ್ತಿಹೂಡು [vastihudu] vasti hūḍu = ವಸ್ತಿಮಾಡು [vastimadu].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Vasti (வஸ்தி) noun < vasti. Clyster; பீச்சாங் குழலால் ஆசனவாயின் வழியாகச் செலுத்தும் மருந்து நீர். (இங். வை.) [pichang kuzhalal asanavayin vazhiyagas seluthum marunthu nir. (ing. vai.)]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Nepali dictionary
Vasti (वस्ति):—n. 1. residing; dwelling; staying; 2. abdomen; lower belly; 3. pelvis;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+8): Bastikarman, Vastibadu, Vastibhau, Vastibila, Vastidesha, Vastigara, Vastiguhya, Vastika, Vastikaosh, Vastikara, Vastikarm, Vastikarmadhya, Vastikarmadya, Vastikarmmadhya, Vastikaru, Vastikosha, Vastikuhara, Vastikundala, Vastikundalika, Vastimala.
Full-text (+80): Vastishodhana, Uttaravasti, Vatavasti, Indravasti, Vastimala, Lekhanavasti, Ajavasti, Vastishiras, Matravasti, Bastikarman, Snehavasti, Netravasti, Vastikosha, Vastikarmadhya, Koshagatavastiguhya, Vastibila, Siddhavasti, Koshopagatavastiguhya, Basti, Murdhatailika.
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Search found 71 books and stories containing Vasti, Vasdhi, Vasdi, Vashti, Vasthi, Vastī, Vaṣṭi; (plurals include: Vastis, Vasdhis, Vasdis, Vashtis, Vasthis, Vastīs, Vaṣṭis). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
International Research Journal of Ayurveda and Yoga
Review On “Panchakarmam Athava Sodhanachikitsa” < [Vol. 4 No. 10: OCT (2021)]
An Overview of Current Practices in Lekhana Vasti < [Vol. 7 No. 9: Sep (2024)]
A Bird’s Eye View on Rasaoushadhis in Panchakarma < [Vol. 7 No. 10: Oct (2024)]
International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
A clinical evaluation of dhanwantaram taila matra vasti and kanchanara guggulu in the management of vatashtila (benign prostatic hyperplasia) < [2022, Issue 09 September]
Management of katigraha (ivdp) with vaitarana vasthi – a case report < [2022, Issue 08 August]
Role of mustadi rajyapana vasti in the management of vata disorders < [2018, Issue VI, June]
Sushruta Samhita, volume 4: Cikitsasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter XXXVIII - The treatment with a Nirudha-vasti
Chapter XXXVII - The treatment with an Anuvasana-vasti and an Uttara-vasti
Chapter XXXVI - The injudicious application of the Netra and Vasti
Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine
Anuvasana Vasthi in Krishnagata roga- Case Series < [Volume 11, issue 6 (2023)]
A comparative clinical study of medohara arka and medohara arka along with lekhana vasti on medovriddhi w.s.r. to hyperlipidaemia < [Volume 2, issue 9 (2014)]
An Insight into Sneha Kalpana vis-à-vis Liposome Sneha Kalpana vis-à-vis Liposome < [Volume 11, issue 3 (2023)]
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
"Vaitharan vs. Majja Vasthi in Sciatica Management: A Case Study" < [2024: Volume 13, February issue 3]
A pragmatic approach to panchkarma in pregnancy w.s.r to vasti karma < [2020: Volume 9, November issue 14]
Role of langhana in medho roga < [2022: Volume 11, December special issue 17]
Sushruta Samhita, Volume 6: Uttara-tantra (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter XLII - Symptoms and Treatment of Abdominal Tumors (Gulma) < [Canto III - Kaya-chikitsa-tantra (internal medicine)]
Chapter LVIII - Symptoms and Treatment of suppression of Urine (Mutra-ghata) < [Canto III - Kaya-chikitsa-tantra (internal medicine)]
Chapter XXXIX - Symptoms and Treatment of Fever (Jvara) < [Canto III - Kaya-chikitsa-tantra (internal medicine)]