वस्न्य

From Proto-Indo-European *wósn-yo-s (“having a value; up for sale”), from *wósn̥ (“value, price”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὤνιος (ṓnios, “for sale”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́s.ni.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐs̪.n̪jɐ/

वस्न्य • (vásnya) stem (metrical Vedic vásniya)

1. costly, valuable; having great value
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.034.3:

     द्वेष्टि॑ श्व॒श्रूरप॑ जा॒या रु॑णद्धि॒ न ना॑थि॒तो वि॑न्दते मर्डि॒तार॑म् ।
     अश्व॑स्येव॒ जर॑तो॒ वस्न्य॑स्य॒ नाहं वि॑न्दामि कित॒वस्य॒ भोग॑म् ॥

     dvéṣṭi śvaśrū́rápa jāyā́ ruṇaddhi ná nāthitó vindate marḍitā́ram.
     áśvasyeva járato vásnyasya nā́háṃ vindāmi kitavásya bhógam.

     My wife holds me aloof, her mother hates me: the wretched man finds none to give him comfort.
     My gambling habit is like a costly horse grown old and feeble: I find no profit in it.