नि a.-√
4.वस्Ā. -वस्ते, to put on over another garment,
KātyŚr.;
to gird round (as a sword),
[MBh.] ;
[R.] (
ind.p. -वस्य);
to clothe or dress one's self (
aor. -अवसिष्टImpv. -वद्ध्वम्),
[Bhaṭṭ.] ;
to change one's clothes,
[MW.] :
Caus. -वासयति, to put on (a garment), dress, clothe,
[MBh.] ;
[R.] नि b.-√
5.वस्P. -वसति, (rarely
°ते;
fut. -वत्स्यति),
to sojourn, pass or spend time, dwell or live or be in (
loc. ),
[Mn.] ;
[MBh.] &c.;
to keep one's ground, withstand (
-वासते for
-वसते ?),
[RV. x, 37, 3] ;
to inhabit (
acc. ),
[MBh.] ;
[BhP.] ;
to incur or undergo (
acc. ),
[MBh.] ;
to cohabit, approach sexually (
रोहिणीम्),
[MBh. ix, 2023] :
Caus. -वासयति (
pf. °सयाम् आस), to cause to stay, receive as a guest,
[BhP.] ;
to make inhabited, populate,
[MBh.] ;
to choose as a dwelling-place, inhabit,
[R.] ;
to put or place upon (
loc. ),
[BhP.]