Vasavi, Vāsavī, Vāsavi: 9 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Purana
Languages
1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
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Introduction:

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In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Vāsavī (वासवी).—Another name of Satyavatī the mother of Vyāsa. (Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 63).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Vāsavī (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.

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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 Dictionary

vasavī (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-English

vasavī (वसवी).—f A small ring or band of iron.

context information

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 dictionary

Vāsavi (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 Dictionary

Vāsavi (वासवि).—m.

(-viḥ) An epithet of Arjuna.

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

Vāsavi (वासवि).—[masculine] = vāsavaja.

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

1) 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]

[Sanskrit to German]

Vasavi in German

context information

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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