वस्मन्

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wásma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wásma, from Proto-Indo-European *wésmn̥, from the root *wes- (“to dress, clothe”). Cognate with Ancient Greek εἷμα (heîma).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́s.mɐn/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐs̪.mɐn̪/

वस्मन् • (vásman) stem, n

1. clothing, garment; cover

   Synonym: वस्त्र (vastra)

   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.13.4:

     वहिष्ठेभिर्विहरन्यासि तन्तुमवव्ययन्नसितं देव वस्म ।
     दविध्वतो रश्मयः सूर्यस्य चर्मेवावाधुस्तमो अप्स्वन्तः ॥

     vahiṣṭhebhirviharanyāsi tantumavavyayannasitaṃ deva vasma.
     davidhvato raśmayaḥ sūryasya carmevāvādhustamo apsvantaḥ.

     Spreading thy web with mightiest Steeds thou comest, rending apart, thou God, the black-hued mantle.
     The rays of Surya tremulously shining sink, like a hide, the darkness in the waters.

2. nest
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.31.1:

     अस्माकं मित्रावरुणावतं रथमादित्यै रुद्रैर्वसुभिः सचाभुवा ।
     प्र यद्वयो न पप्तन्वस्मनस्परि श्रवस्यवो हृषीवन्तो वनर्षदः ॥

     asmākaṃ mitrāvaruṇāvataṃ rathamādityai rudrairvasubhiḥ sacābhuvā.
     pra yadvayo na paptanvasmanaspari śravasyavo hṛṣīvanto vanarṣadaḥ.

     HELP, Varuna and Mitra, O ye Twain allied with Vasus, Rudras, and Adityas, help our car,
     That, as the wild birds of the forest from their home [nest], our horses may fly forth, glad, eager for renown.

• Monier Williams (1899) “वस्मन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 932.