वषट्

{ vaṣaṭ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वषट्  n.  ind. ( accord. to some fr. √ 1. वह्; cf. 2. वट् and वौषट्) an exclamation uttered by the होतृ priest at the end of the sacrificial verse (on hearing which the अध्वर्यु priest casts the oblation offered to the deity into the fire; it is joined with a dat. e.g. पूष्णे वषट्; with √ कृ, ‘to utter the exclamation वषट्’), [RV.]; [VS.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Pur.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

वषट् [vaṣaṭ]   ind. An exclamation used on making an oblation to a deity, (with dat. of the deity); इन्द्राय वषट्, पूष्णे वषट् &c. -Comp.
-कर्तृ  m. m. the priest who makes the oblation with the exclamation वषट्.
-कारः   the formula or exclamation वषट्.
-कृत   offered in fire (with वषट्); प्राज्यमाज्यमसकृद्वषट्कृतम् [Śi.14.25.]

Shabda-Sagara

वषट्   Ind. An exclamation used on making an oblation to a deity with fire, (used with a dat.)
E. वह् to bear or convey, aff. डषट् .

ROOTS:

वह् डषट् .