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