वनिन् a. Ved. 1 Worshipping. 2 Desiring. 3 Giving, bestowing. 4 A bounding in water. 5 Living in a forest, −m. 1 A tree. 2 The Soma plant. 3 A Brāhmaṇa in the third stage of his life, a Vānaprastha, q. v.