The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Vasati2 [vas2; Idg. *9es to stay, abide; cp. Av. var8haiti; Lat. Vesta the goddess of the hearth=Gr. e(sti/a
hearth; Goth. wisan to stay, remain, be (= Ohg. wesan, E. was, were); Oicel. vist to stay, Oir. foss rest. --
Dhtm 470: kanti -- niv!sesu] to live, dwell, stay, abide; to spend time (esp. with vassa' the rainy season);
trs. to keep, observe, live, practise Sn 469 sq., 1088 (= sa'vasati !vasati parivasati Nd2 558); PvA 3, 12, 78
(imper. vasatha). uposatha' vasa' (ppr.) keeping the Sunday J vi.232; brahmacariya' v. to live a chaste
life M i.515 (cp. same expression Ait. Br. 5, 13; -at. Br. 12, 2, 2; 13, 8. 22). -- ppr. vasanto PvA 75, 76;
ppr. med. vasam!na J i.21, 236, 291; PvA 117; Pot. vaseyya M i.515; Pv ii.97 (ghare), & vase Miln 372. --
aor. vasi Sn 977; J iv.317 (piya -- sa'v!sa'); PvA 111; Mhvs 1, 13 (vas" vasi); 5, 229. -- ger. vasitv! J
i.278; iv.317; PvA 13; grd. vasitabba Sn 678; PvA 42; & vatthabba Mhvs 3, 12; inf. vatthu' Th 2, 414, &
vasitu' PvA 12, 112. Fut. vasissati [=Sk. vasi+yati] Mhvs 14, 26; PvA 12; and (older) vacchati [=Sk.
vatsyati] Vin i.60; Th 2, 294; J iv.217; 1st sg. vacch!mi J v.467 (na te v. santike); vi.523, 524, & vaccha'
Th 2, 414. -- Pass. vussati [Sk. u+yate] M i.147 (brahmacariya' v.). -- pp. vasita, vusita [=vi+u+ita], vuttha
[perhaps= vi+u+&a], q. v. -- Caus. I. v!seti to cause to live, stay or dwell; to make live; to preserve (opp.
n!seti at S iv.248) Vin iii.140; S iv.248; Miln 211; PvA 160 (inf. v!setu'); see also v!seti2. -- Caus. II.
vas!peti (cp. adhiv!s!peti) to make live or spend, to cause to dwell, to detain J i.290; ii.27; PvA 20
(vassa'). -- pp. v!sita. -- See also adhi˚, !˚, ni˚, pari˚.
Vasati
Vasati3 (f.) [fr. vas2, cp. Vedic vasati] a dwelling, abode, residence J vi.292 (r!ja˚=r!ja -- paricariy! C.);
Miln 372 (r!javasati' vase); D!vs iv.27 (saka˚).
Vasana
Vasana1 (nt.) [fr. vasati1] clothing, clothes Sn 971; Th 2, 374; D iii.118 (od!ta˚), 124 (id.); Nd1 495 (the
six c"var!ni); PvA 49. -- vasan!ni clothing Mhvs 22, 30. -- vasana ( -- ˚) as adj. "clothed," e. g. od!ta˚
wearing white robes Vin i.187; k!s!ya˚ clad in yellow robes Mhvs 18, 10; pilotika˚ in rags J iv.380; suci˚ in
bright garments Sn 679; Pv i.108.
Vasana
Vasana2 (nt.) [fr. vasati2] dwelling ( -- place), abode; usually in cpds. like ˚g!ma the village where (he)
lived J ii.153; ˚&&h!na residence, dwelling place PvA 12, 42, 92; DhA i.323 and passim.
Vasanaka
Vasanaka (adj.) ( -- ˚) [fr. vasana2] living (in) J ii.435 (ni- baddha˚, i. e. of continuous abode).
Vasanta
Vasanta [Vedic vasanta; Idg. *9/r, cp. Av. varehar spring, Gr. e)/ar, Lat. v/r, Oicel. v!r spring, Lith. vasar!
summer] spring J i.86; v.206; KhA 192 (b!la˚= Citra); DA i.132 (˚vana); PvA 135.
Vasabha
Vasabha [the Sanskritic -- P!li form (*v%+abha) of the proper P!li usabha (q. v. for etym.). Only in later
(Com.) style under Sk. influence] a bull Miln 115 (r!ja˚); SnA 40 (relation between usabha, vasabha &
nisabha); VvA 83 (id.).
Vasala
Vasala [Vedic v%+ala, Dimin. of v%+an, lit. "little man"] an outcaste; a low person, wretch; adj. vile, foul Vin