वस्मन्
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wásma, from Proto-Indo-European *wésmn̥. Compare Ancient Greek εἷμα (heîma).
Pronunciation
Noun
वस्मन् • (vásman) n
- clothing, garment; cover
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 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.
- vahiṣṭhebhirviharanyāsi tantumavavyayannasitaṃ deva vasma .
- वहिष्ठेभिर्विहरन्यासि तन्तुमवव्ययन्नसितं देव वस्म ।
- Synonym: वस्त्र (vastra)
- nest
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 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.
- asmākaṃ mitrāvaruṇāvataṃ rathamādityai rudrairvasubhiḥ sacābhuvā .
- अस्माकं मित्रावरुणावतं रथमादित्यै रुद्रैर्वसुभिः सचाभुवा ।
Declension
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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 932
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