# वसति
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* vasati (Latin script)
* 𑀯𑀲𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ৰসতি (Bengali script)
* වසති (Sinhalese script)
* ဝသတိ (Burmese script)
* วสติ or วะสะติ (Thai script)
* ᩅᩈᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
* ວສຕິ or ວະສະຕິ (Lao script)
* វសតិ (Khmer script)
* 𑅇𑄥𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

### Verb

वसति (root vas, first conjugation)
* 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 pāsādamuttamāFor twenty nine years, I lived the domestic life. There were three palaces, Ramma, Suramma and Subhaka.

#### Conjugation

* 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)

### Verb

वसति (root vas, first conjugation)
* Devanagari script form of vasati (“to clothe”)

#### Conjugation

* 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

### Adjective

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

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৱসতি (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬲᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
* বসতি (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰭𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀲𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ဝသတိ (Burmese script)
* વસતિ (Gujarati script)
* ਵਸਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌸𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦱꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂮𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ವಸತಿ (Kannada script)
* វសតិ (Khmer script)
* ວສຕິ (Lao script)
* വസതി (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘭𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠠᠰᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧍𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐳𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଵସତି (Odia script)
* ꢮꢱꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆱𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖭𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
* වසති (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑪁𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚨𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
* வஸதி (Tamil script)
* వసతి (Telugu script)
* วสติ (Thai script)
* ཝ་ས་ཏི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒮𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨰𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology 1

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 (vaŋha$^i$ti), Old English wesan (“to be”) (whence English was).

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋɐ́.sɐ.ti/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈʋɐ.s̪ɐ.t̪i/

#### Verb

वसति • (vásati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, present, root वस्)
* to dwell, live, reside, stop (at a place), stay
* to remain or keep on or continue in any condition
* to have sexual intercourse with
* to rest upon [with locative]
* to charge or entrust with [with instrumental]

##### Descendants

* 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)

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋɐ.sɐ.tí/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈʋɐ.s̪ɐ.t̪i/

#### Noun

वसति • (vasatí) stem, f
* staying, dwelling, abiding, sojourn
* a nest
* a dwelling-place, house, residence
* (Jainism) a Jain monastery

##### Descendants

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

#### Adjective

वसति • (vasatí) stem
* dwelling, abiding

##### Declension
### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 531f.
* ↑ Wackernagel, Jakob, Albert Debrunner (1896-1964) Altindische Grammatik [Grammar of Ancient Indian] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher)‎ (in German), Vol. II.2: Die Nominalsuffixe, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, published 1954, §472., page 638f.

### Further reading

* 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.