वसति

वसति (root vas, first conjugation)

1. Devanagari script form of vasati (“to dwell”)
   • 1998, Dhammagiri-Pāli-ganthamālā: Cariyāpiṭakapāḷi, Vipaśyana Viśodhana Vinyāsa, page 365:

     एकूनतिंसवस्सानि, अगारं अज्झहं वसिं। रम्मो सुरम्मो सुभको, तयो पासादमुत्तमा॥

     ekūnatiṃsavassāni, agāraṃ ajjhahaṃ vasiṃ. rammo surammo subhako, tayo pāsādamuttamā

     For twenty nine years, I lived the domestic life. There were three palaces, Ramma, Suramma and Subhaka.

• Present active participle: वसन्त् (vasant), which see for forms and usage
• Present middle participle: वसमान (vasamāna), which see for forms and usage
• Future active participle: वसिस्सन्त् (vasissant) or वच्छन्त् (vacchant), which see for forms and usage
• Future middle participle: वसिस्समान (vasissamāna) or वसिस्सान (vasissāna) or वच्छमान (vacchamāna) or वच्छान (vacchāna), which see for forms and usage
• Past participle: वसित (vasita), वुसित (vusita) or वुत्थ (vuttha), which see for forms and meaning
• Gerundive: वसितब्ब (vasitabba), वत्थब्ब (vatthabba), which see for forms and meaning
• Absolutive: वसित्वा (vasitvā)

वसति (root vas, first conjugation)

1. Devanagari script form of vasati (“to clothe”)

• Present active participle: वसन्त् (vasant), which see for forms and usage
• Present middle participle: वसमान (vasamāna), which see for forms and usage
• Past participle: वुत्थ (vuttha), which see for forms and meaning

वसति (vasati)

1. Devanagari script form of vasati, which is masculine/neuter locative singular of वसन्त् (vasant), present participle of the verbs above

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hwásati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wés-e-ti, from *h₂wes- (“to dwell”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (vaŋhaⁱti), Old English wesan (“to be”) (whence English was).^[1]

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́.sɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐ.s̪ɐ.t̪i/

वसति • (vásati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, present, root वस्)

1. to dwell, live, reside, stop (at a place), stay
2. to remain or keep on or continue in any condition
3. to have sexual intercourse with
4. to rest upon
5. to charge or entrust with

• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀯𑀲𑀢𑀺 (vasati)
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Assamese: বহা (boha)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀲𑀇 (vasaï)
    • Marathi: वसणे (vasṇe)
    • Konkani: वस्चे (vasce)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀲𑀤𑀺 (vasadi)
    • Gujarati: વસવું (vasvũ)
    • Hindustani

      Hindi: बसना (basnā, “to prosper; settle”)

      Urdu: بسنا (basnā)

    • Punjabi: ਵਸਣਾ (vasṇā), ਵੱਸਣਾ (vassaṇā)
• Pali: vasati
• → Tamil: வசி (vaci)

Nominalisation of the 3rd person singular वसति (vásati, “(s)he dwells”).^[2] Alternatively, a derivation with suffix -ति (-ti) from the present stem वस- (vása-) of the same verb.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ.sɐ.tí/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐ.s̪ɐ.t̪i/

वसति • (vasatí) stem, f

1. staying, dwelling, abiding, sojourn
2. a nest
3. a dwelling-place, house, residence
4. (Jainism) a Jain monastery

• → Tamil: வசதி (vacati) (learned)
• → Telugu: వసతి (vasati) (learned)

वसति • (vasatí) stem

1. dwelling, abiding

• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “वस्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Monier Williams (1899) “वसति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 932.