वयस्थ mfn. (
-स्थः-स्था-स्थं)
1. Young, in the prime of life.
2. Mature, mid- dle-aged, past childhood, or from sixteen to seventy.
m. (
-स्थः) A friend, an associate, a cotemporary.
f. (
-स्था)
1. The moon-plant, (Asclepias acida.)
2. Emblic myrobalan, (Phyllanthus emblica.) 3. Yellow myrobalan, (Terminalia chebula.)
4. Small cardamoms. 5. A plant, (Menispermum glabrum.)
6. A medicinal root, com- monly Kākoli.
7. A woman's female friend or companion, a con- [Page630-b+ 60] fidante.
8. The silk-cotton tree.
E. वयस् life,
स्था to be or stay, aff.
क, fem. aff.
टाप्, the final of the former changed to Visarga, and that optionally rejected; hence also
वयःस्थ . ROOTS:
वयस् स्था क टाप् वयःस्थ .