vaṭ

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] I. 1 P. (vaṭati) To surround. --II. 10 U. (vaṭayati-te) 1 To tell. --2 To divide, partition. --3 To sur- round, encompass. --4 To tie, string, connect. --Caus. (vaṭayati) To speak.

[mw] (prob. invented to serve as a root for the words below; cf. 1. vṛt) cl.1 P., vaṭati (pf. vavāṭa &c), to surround, encompass Dha1tup. ix, 13; cl.10 P. vaṭayati, to tie, string, connect, xxxv, 5; to divide, partition, xxxv, 65; to speak, xix, 17: Pass. vaṭyate... m. (perhaps Pra1kr2it Prakrit for vṛta, surrounded, covered; cf. nyag-rodha) the Banyan or Indian fig. tree (Ficus Indica) MBh.; Ka1v. &c RTL. 337 (also said...

[mw] ind. an interjection or exclamation used in sacrificial ceremonies TS. 118145 914,3 185239

Appears in 4 texts

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I. 1 P. (vaṭati) To surround. --II. 10 U. (vaṭayati-te) 1 To tell. --2 To divide, partition. --3 To sur- round, encompass. --4 To tie, string, connect. --Caus. (vaṭayati) To speak.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

ADV

Total Occurrences

6

Texts Appeared In

2

Monier-Williams: vA/w ind. ( g. cA di ) an exclamation on performing a sacrifice ( prob.

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 4 66.7%
2. Vājasaneyisaṃhitā (Mādhyandina) 2 33.3%

Concordance (Sample)

• Aitareyabrāhmaṇa surface: vāṭ

  iha rameha ramadhvam iha dhṛtir iha svadhṛtir agne vāṭ svāhā vāﾱ iti

• Aitareyabrāhmaṇa surface: vāﾱ

  iha rameha ramadhvam iha dhṛtir iha svadhṛtir agne vāṭ svāhā vāﾱ iti

• Aitareyabrāhmaṇa surface: vāﾱ

  sa yad iha ramety āhāsminn evaināṃs tal loke ramayatīha ramadhvam iti yad āha pr