वासन

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   The wrapper of a bale. 2 S fumigating or perfuming with incense or fragrant vapor. 3 S abiding or staying. 4 S A posture of abstract meditation. 5 S cloth or clothes.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 n   The wrapper of a bale. cloth. abiding.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वासन  n.  1. n. the act of perfuming or fumigating, infusing, steeping, [Gīt.] Sch.
वासन  n.  2. n. covering, clothing, garment, dress, [Kāv.]
   an envelope, box, casket, [Yājñ.]
वासन  mfn.  3. mfn. belonging to an abode, fit for a dwelling, [W.]
वासन  n.  n. causing to abide or dwell, [Bālar.]
    abiding, abode, [L.]
   a receptacle for water, [L.]
    knowledge, [L.]
   a partic. posture ( practised by ascetics during abstract meditation, and by others; described as sitting on the ground with the knees bent and the feet turned backwards), [W.]

Shabda-Sagara

वासन  mfn.  ( -नः- ना-नं) fit for clothes or dwelling, &c.
  n.  ( -नं)
   1. Perfu- ming, fumigating or perfuming with fragrant vapour, or with in- cense, &c.
   2. cloth, clothes.
   3. abiding, abode.
   4. A particular posture in which abstract meditation is performed; it is also a posture conceived to be peculiarly proper in princes and chiefs, and is then described as sitting with the knees bent and the feet turned backwards.
   5. knowledge.
   6. A water- jar.
   7. A box, a [Page648-a+ 60] basket, a vessel, &c.
   8. An envelope.
   9. any receptacle.
    10. steep- ing, infusing.
  f.  ( - ना)
   1. The knowledge of anything derived from memory, the present consciousness of past perceptions.
   2. fancy, imagination.
   3. trust, confidence.
   4. ignorance.
   5. wish, desire.
    E. वस् to dwell, &c., aff. युच्; or वसन clothes, and अण् aff.

ROOTS:

वस् युच्; वसन अण्