वस
Pali
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Verb
वस
- Devanagari script form of vasa, which is second-person singular imperative active of वसति (vasati, “to dwell”)
- Devanagari script form of vasa, which is second-person singular imperative active of वसति (vasati, “to clothe”)
Noun
वस ?
- Devanagari script form of vasa (“Pali root vas (basic sense: to dwell)”)
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar][1] (overall work in Pali), page 291; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- वचवसवहादीनं उकारो वस्स ये ॥६॥
वच, वस, वह इच्चेवमादीनं धातूनं वकारस्स उकारो होति य पच्चये परे । उच्चते, वुच्चति; वुस्सति; वुय्हति ॥- 6. Vacavasavahādīnaṃ ukāro vassa ye
Vaca, vasa, vaha iccevamādīnaṃ dhātūnaṃ vakārassa ukāro hoti ya paccaye pare.Uccate, vuccate; vussati; vuyhati. - Vac, vas, vah etc. which have 'u' for 'va'
Roots vac, vas, vah and so on etc. have 'u' from 'va' next to the ending 'ya'.
Exx: uccate, vuccate; vussati; vuyhati.
- 6. Vacavasavahādīnaṃ ukāro vassa ye
- Devanagari script form of vasa (“Pali root vas (basic sense: to clothe)”)