वत्सर

{ vatsarḥ, vatsara }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

VATSARA   The younger of the two sons of Dhruva. Utkala, the elder was a man of abstinence. So the younger brother Vatsara became the prince apparent. Vatsara married the princess named Svarvīthī. Six sons named Puṣpārṇa, Tigmaketu, Īśa, Ūrja, Vasu and Jaya were born to them. [Bhāgavata, Skandha 4] .

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

वत्सर II. n.  कश्यपकुलोत्पन्न एक प्रवर ।

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   A year. Commonly संवत्सर.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

  m  A year; commonly संवत्सर.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  पु. वर्ष ; संवत्सर . [ सं . ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वत्सर  m.  m. the fifth year in a cycle of 5 or 6 years, (or) the sixth year in a cycle of 6 years, [VS.]; [TS.]; [PārGṛ.]
  f. a year, [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [VarBṛS.] &c. (also n., [MaitrUp.] and f( ई)., [HPariś.])
   the Year personified, [Mn. xii, 49] (as a son of ध्रुव and भ्रमि, [BhP.]; also applied to विष्णु, [MBh.])
मत्सर    N. of a साध्य, [Hariv.] ( v.l.)
वत्सार   of a son of कश्यप, [Cat.] ( v.l.).

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

वत्सरः [vatsarḥ]   [वस्-सरन् [Uṇ.3.71] ]
   A year; दातास्याः स्वर्ग- माप्नोति वत्सरान् रोमसंमितान् [Y.1.25.]
  N. N. of Viṣṇu.-Comp.
-अन्तकः   the month, Phālguna.
-आदिः   the month of Mārgaśīrṣa; cf. मासानां मार्गशीर्षोऽहम्.
-ऋणम्   a debt to be paid by the end of a year.

Shabda-Sagara

वत्सर  m.  ( -रः)
   1. A year.
   2. An epithet of VISHṆU.
    E. वस् to abide, सरन् Unādi aff.

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वस् सरन्