वन [वन्-अच्]
1 A forest, wood thicket of trees; एको वासः पत्तने वा, वने वा Bh. 3. 120; वनेऽपि दोषाः प्रभवं- ति रागिणाम्.
2 A cluster, group, a quantity of lotuses or other plants growing in a thick bed; चित्रद्विपाः पद्मवनावतीर्णाः R. 16. 16, 6. 86.
3 A place of abode, residence, house.
4 A fountain, spring (of water).
5 Water in general; Śi. 6. 73.
6 A wooden vessel.
7 Wood, timber.
8 Dwelling in a forest, living abroad.
9 Ved. A cloud.
10 Light; a ray of light.
11 Worshipping. (As the first member of comp. वन may be translated by ‘wild’, ‘forest’; व- नवराहः, वनकदली, वनपुष्पं &c.).
−Comp.
−अग्निः a forest-conflagration. −अ- जः the wild goat.
−अंतः 1. the skirts or borders of a forest; R. 2. 58. −2. the forest region itself, wood; U. 225.
−अंतरं 1. another wood. −2. the interior of a forest; V. 4. 26.
−अब्जिनी a lotus-plant growing in water.
−अरिष्टा wild turmeric.
−अर्चकः a florist, maker of garlands.
−अलक्तं red earth or ruddle.
−अलिका a sun-flower.
−आखुः a hare.
−आखुकः a kind of bean.
−आपगा ‘wood-river’, a forest-stream.
−आर्द्रकं the root of wild ginger. (
−का) wild ginger.
−आश्रमः abode in the woods, the third stage in the religious life of a Brāhmaṇa.
−आश्रमिन् m. an anchorite, a hermit.
−आश्रयः 1. an inhabitant of the wood. −2. a sort of crow or raven.
−उत्साहः a rhinoceros.
−उद्भवा the wild cotton plant.
−उपप्लवः a forest-conflagration. −ओ- कस् m. 1. an inhabitant of a wood, a forester. −2. an anchorite, a hermit. −3. a wild animal such as a monkey, boar &c.
−कणा wild pepper.
−कदली wild plantain.
−करिन् m., −कुंजरः, −गजः a wild elephant. −का- र्पासी (सिः f.) the wild cotton tree.
−कुक्कुटः a wild fowl.
−कोलिः f. the wild jujube tree.
−खंडं a forest.
−गवः the wild ox.
−गहनं a thicket, the thick part of a forest.
−गुप्तः a spy.
−गुल्मः a wild or forest shrub.
−गोचर a. 1. frequenting woods. −2. living in water. (
−रः) 1. a hunter. −2. a forester. (
−रं) a forest. −ग्रह- णं surrounding a forest and stopping all egress; Ś. 2.
−चंदनं 1. the Devadāru tree. −2. aloe-wood. −चंद्रि- का, −ज्योत्स्ना a kind of jasmine.
−चंपकः the wild Campaka tree.
−चर a. living in a forest, haunting woods, sylvan. (
−रः) 1. a forester, forest-dweller, woodman; उपतस्थु- रास्थितविषादधियः शतयज्वनो वनचरा वसतिं Ki. 6. 29; Me. 12. −2. a wild animal. −3. the fabulous eightlegged animal called Śarabha. −च- र्या roaming about or residence in a forest.
−छागः 1. a wild goat. −2. a boar.
−छिद् m. a wood-cutter.
−जः 1. an elephant. −2. a kind of fragrant grass. −3. the wild citron tree. (
−जं) a blue lotus-flower.
−जा 1. wild ginger. −2. the wild cotton tree.
−जीविन् a forester, woodman.
−तिक्तः the yellow myrobalan tree.
−दः a cloud.
−दाहः a forest-conflagration.
−दीपः = ºचंपकः.
−देवता a sylvan deity, a dryad; R. 2. 12, 9. 52; Ś. 4. 4; Ku. 3. 52, 6. 39.
−द्रुमः a tree growing wild in a forest.
−धारा an avenue of trees. −धि- तिः f. Ved. a hatchet.
−धेनु f. the female of the wild ox or Bos gavœus.
−पः a woodman.
−पल्लवः the शोभांज- न tree.
−पांसुलः a hunter.
−पार्श्वं the neighbourhood of a wood, the forest region itself.
−पुष्पं a forest-flower.
−पूरकः the wild citron tree.
−प्रवेशः commencing a hermit's life.
−प्रस्थ a. retiring into a wood, leading the life of a hermit. (
−स्थः) a wood situated on a table-land.
−प्रियः the cuckoo. (
−यं) the cinnamon tree. −बर्हिणः, −वर्हिणः a wild peacock.
−भू f. forest-ground.
−मक्षिका a gad-fly.
−मल्ली wild-jasmine.
−माला a garland of wood flowers, such as was usually worn by Kṛṣṇa; R. 9. 51; it is thus described: −आजानुलंबिनी माला सर्वर्तुकुसु- मोज्ज्वला । मध्ये स्थूलकदंबाढ्या वनमालोति की- तिंता. ºधरः an epithet of Kṛṣṇa.
−मालिन् a. adorned with a chaplet of wood-flowers. (−m.) an epithet of Kṛṣṇa; धीरसमीरे यमुनातीरे वसति वने वनमाली Gīt. 5; तव विरहे वनमाली सखि सीदति ibid.
−मालिनी N. of the town of Dvārakā.
−मुच् a. pouring water; R. 9. 22. (−m.),
−मूतः a cloud.
−मुद्गः a kind of kidney-bean.
−मोचा wild plantain.
−रक्षकः a forest-keeper.
−राजः the lion. −राजिः −जी f. 1. a grove or long row of trees. −2. a long tract of forest. −3. a path in a forest.
−रुहं a lotus-flower.
−लक्ष्मी f. 1. an ornament or beauty of the wood. −2. the plantain.
−लता a forestcreeper; दूरीकृताः खलु गुणैरुद्यानलता वनलताभिः Ś. 1. 17. −वह्निः, −हुताशनः a forest-conflagration.
−वासः 1. living in a wood, residence in a forest; Ś. 4. 9. −2. a wild or nomadic life. −3. a forest-dweller, a forester.
−वासनः a civet-cat. −वासि- न् m. 1. a forest-dweller, forester. −2. a hermit; so वनस्थायिन्. −वी- जः −वीजकः the wild citron tree.
−वृंताकी the egg-plant.
−व्रीहिः wild rice.
−शोभनं a lotus.
−श्वन् m. 1. a jackal. −2. a tiger. −3. a civetcat.
−संकटः a kind of pulse. −सद्,
−संवासिन् m. a forester.
−समूहः a thick wood.
−संप्रवेशः a solemn procession into a forest for the purpose of cutting wood for an idol.
−सरोजिनी f. the wild cotton plant.
−स्थः 1. a deer. −2. a hermit. −स्था,
−स्थी the holy fig-tree.
−स्थली a wood, forest-ground; Ku. 3. 29.
−स्रज् f. a garand of forest flowers.