वसिष्ठ वसुक

वसु

वसु a.
1 Sweet.
2 Dry.
3 Ved. Wealthy, rich.
4 Ved. Good. −n. [वस्-उन्]
1 Wealth, riches; स्वयं प्रदुग्धेऽस्य गुणैरुपस्नुता वसूपमानस्य व- सूनि मेदि नी Ki. 1. 18; R. 8. 31, 9. 6.
2 A jewel, gem.
3 Gold.
4 Water.
5 A thing, substance.
6 A kind of salt.
7 A medicinal root (वृद्धि).
8 A yellow kind of kidney-bean. −m.
1 N. of a class of deities (usually pl. in this sense); सेयं भूरिवसोर्वसोरिव सुता मृत्योर्मुखे वर्तते Māl. 5. 24; Ki. 1. 18; (the Vasus are eight in number: −1 आप, 2 ध्रुव, 3 सोम, 4 धर or धव, 5 अनिल, 6 अनल, 7 प्रत्यूष, and 8 प्रभास; sometimes अह is substituted for आप; धरो ध्रुवश्च सो- मश्च अहश्चैवानिलोऽनलः । प्रत्यूषश्च प्रभासश्च वसवोऽष्टविति स्मृताः).
2 The number ‘eight’.
3 N. of Kubera.
4 Of Śiva.
5 Of Agni.
6 A tree.
7 A lake, pound.
8 A rein.
9 The tie of a yoke.
10 A halter.
11 A ray of light; निरकाशयद्रविमपेतवसुं वियदालयादपरदिग्गणिका Śi. 9. 10; शिथिलवसुमगाधे मग्नमापत्पयोधौ Ki. 1. 46 (in both cases वसु means ‘wealth’ also).
12 The sun. −f.
1 A ray of light.
2 Light, radiance.
3 A medicinal root (वृद्धि).
−Comp.
−औकसारा 1. N. of Amarāvatī, the city of Indra. −2. of Alakā, the city of Kubera. −3. of a river attached to Amarāvatī and Alakā. −कीटः, −कृमिः a beggar.
−तातिः f. Ved. wealth.
−दा the earth.
−देवः N. of the father of Kṛṣṇa and son of Śūra, a descendant of Yadu. ºभूः
−सुतः &c. epithets of Kṛṣṇa. −दे- वता, −देव्या the asterism called Dhanishṭhā.
−देव्या the ninth day of a lunar fortnight.
−धर्मिका crystal.
−धा 1. the earth; वसुधेयमवेक्ष्यतां त्वया R. 8. 83; Ś. 7. 33. −2. the ground; Ku. 4. 4. ºअधिपः a king. ºधरः a mountain; V. 1. 17. ºनगरं the capital of Varuṇa. −धारा, −भारा the capital of Kubera.
−प्रभा one of the seven tongues of fire.
−प्राणः an epithet of Agni.
−रेतस् m. fire.
−रोचिस् m. a sacrifice; religious ceremony.
−श्रेष्ठं 1. wrought gold. −2. silver.
−षेणः N. of Karṇa.
−स्थली N. of the city of Kubera

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