The Sanskrit term Vṛṣaya can be transliterated into English as Vrsaya or Vrishaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vṛṣaya (वृषय).—

1) Refuge, shelter.

2) Asylum. -a. Superior.

Derivable forms: vṛṣayaḥ (वृषयः).

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

Vṛṣaya (वृषय).—m.

(-yaḥ) An asylum, a place of refuge or shelter. E. vṛ to screen, Unadi aff. kayan, and ṣuk augment.

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

Vṛṣaya (वृषय).—m. Refuge, shelter.

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

1) Vṛṣaya (वृषय):—[from vṛṣ] 1. vṛṣaya See vṛṣāya.

2) Vṛṣāya (वृषाय):—[from vṛṣ] (in, [Padapāṭha] ṣaya) [Nominal verb] [Parasmaipada] yati, to cause any object ([accusative]) to rain, [Ṛg-veda x, 98, 1];

2) — [Ātmanepada] yate, to burn with sexual desire, be ruttish, [Ṛg-veda; Caraka];

2) —to long or be eager for, advance upon ([accusative] [dative case], or [locative case]), [Ṛg-veda];

2) —to roar like a bull, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

3) Vṛṣaya (वृषय):—2. vṛṣaya m. = āśraya, refuge, shelter, [Uṇādi-sūtra iv, 100 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

4) Vṛsaya (वृसय):—vṛsī See bṛsaya, bṛsī.

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

Vṛṣaya (वृषय):—(yaḥ) 1. m. An asylum.

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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: Vrishayana, Vrishayate.

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