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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vaṭavāsin (वटवासिन्).—m. a Yakṣa.

Vaṭavāsin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vaṭa and vāsin (वासिन्).

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

Vaṭavāsin (वटवासिन्).—mf. (-sā-sinī) A sort of demigod, male and female; a Yaksha or Yakshini, Kuvera'S special attendants. E. vaṭa the Indian-fig in which these spirits are supposed to be fond of abiding, vāsa abode, and ini aff.

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

Vaṭavāsin (वटवासिन्):—[=vaṭa-vāsin] [from vaṭa > vaṭ] m. ‘dwelling in the Banyan tree’, a Yakṣa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Vaṭavāsin (वटवासिन्):—[vaṭa-vāsin] (sī-sinī) 5. m. f. A sort of demigod attending Kuvera.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vatavasin 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)

Partial matches: Vata, Vasi.

Starts with: Vatavasini.

Ends with: Parvatavasin, Parvvatavasin.

Full-text: Vatashraya.

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