वष्टि

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáĉti, from Proto-Indo-European *wéḱ-ti. Compare Old Persian 𐎺𐏁𐎴 (vašna, “will, favor”).

Pronunciation

Verb

वष्टि • (váṣṭi) (root वश्, class 2, type parasmaipada)

  1. to will, command
  2. to wish, desire, want; to long
  3. to assert, affirm
  4. to subject, bring under one's power

Adjective

वष्टि • (vaṣṭi)

  1. desirous, craving, wanting

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 929
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