# वस्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৱস্ (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
* বস্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဝသ် (Burmese script)
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* ਵਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ವಸ್ (Kannada script)
* វស៑ (Khmer script)
* ວສ຺ (Lao script)
* വസ് (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଵସ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢮꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
* වස් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
* வஸ் (Tamil script)
* వస్ (Telugu script)
* วสฺ (Thai script)
* ཝ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋɐs/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ʋɐs̪/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *was, from Proto-Indo-European *wos. Cognate with Latin vōs, Avestan 𐬬𐬃 (vā̊).

#### Pronoun

वस् • (vas)
* enclitic accusative/dative/genitive plural of त्वम् (tvám)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *was-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *was-, from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to dress, clothe, wear”).

#### Root

वस् • (vas)
* to put on, invest, wear (clothes etc.), assume (a form etc.), enter into

##### Derived terms
###### Primary Verbal Forms

* वस्ते (váste, Present)
* वसिष्यते (vasiṣyate, Future)
* वत्स्यति (vatsyati, Future)
* वसिता (vasitā, Periphrastic Future)
* अवसिष्ट (ávasiṣṭa, Aorist)
* वावसे (vāvasé, Perfect)
* ववसे (vavasé, Perfect)

###### Secondary Forms

* वासयति (vāsáyati, Causative)
* अवीवसत् (ávīvasat, Causative Aorist)
* वास्यते (vāsyate, Passive of Causative)
* विवसिषते (vivasiṣate, Desiderative)
* वावस्यते (vāvasyate, Intensive)
* वावस्ति (vāvasti, Intensive)

###### Non-Finite Forms

* वसित (vasita, Past Participle)
* वसितुम् (vasitum, Infinitive)
* वसित्वा (vasitvā, Gerund)
* वास्य (vāsyà, Gerundive)
* वसितव्य (vasitavya, Gerundive)

###### Derived Nominal Forms

* वसन (vásana)
* वसितृ (vasitṛ)
* वस्त्र (vástra)
* वस्मन् (vásman)
* वासन (vā́sana)
* वासस् (vā́sas, “clothes”)
* वासिन् (vāsín)

###### Prefixed Root Forms

* अनुवस् (anuvas)
* अभिवस् (abhivas)
* निवस् (nivas)
* प्रवस् (pravas)
* विवस् (vivas)
* संवस् (saṃvas)

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“to become light; to dawn”).

#### Alternative forms

* उष् (uṣ) — samprasāraṇa form

#### Root

वस् • (vas)
* to shine, grow bright (esp. applied to the dawn)
* to bestow by shining upon
* (with दूरे (dūre)) to drive away by shining

##### Derived terms
###### Primary Verbal Forms

* उच्छति (uccháti, Present)
* वत्स्यति (vatsyáti, Future)
* आवस् (ā́vas, Aorist)
* अवात् (ávāt, Aorist)
* उवास (uvā́sa, Perfect)

###### Secondary Forms

* वासयति (vāsáyati, Causative)

###### Non-Finite Forms

* उष्ट (uṣṭá, Past Participle)
* वस्तवे (vástave, Infinitive)

###### Derived Nominal Forms

* उष् (úṣ)
* उषस् (uṣás)
* उषा (uṣā́)
* वस्तु (vástu, “brightening, dawning”)
* वस्तृ (vastṛ́)

###### Prefixed Root Forms

* अपवस् (apavas)
* विवस् (vivas)

### Etymology 4

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell, reside”).

#### Root

वस् • (vas)
* to dwell, reside
* to remain, abide with or in
* to remain or keep on or continue in any condition
* to stay, stay put, remain, stop (at a place)
* to have sexual intercourse with
* to rest upon
* to charge or entrust with

##### Derived terms
###### Primary Verbal Forms

* वसति (vásati, Present)
* वत्स्यति (vatsyáti, Future)
* वसिष्यति (vasiṣyáti, Future)
* वस्ता (vastā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अवात्सीत् (ávātsīt, Aorist)
* उष्यात् (uṣyā́t, Benedictive)
* उवास (uvā́sa, Perfect)
* वासांचक्रे (vāsāṃcakre, Periphrastic Perfect)

###### Secondary Forms

* उष्यते (uṣyáte, Passive)
* अवासि (ávāsi, Passive Aorist)
* वासयति (vāsáyati, Causative)
* अवीवसत् (ávīvasat, Causative Aorist)
* वास्यते (vāsyáte, Passive of Causative)
* विवत्सति (vivatsati, Desiderative)
* वावस्यते (vāvasyate, Intensive)
* वावस्ति (vāvasti, Intensive)

###### Non-Finite Forms

* उषित (uṣita, Past Participle)
* वसित (vasita, Past Participle)
* वस्तुम् (vastum, Infinitive)
* वसितुम् (vasitum, Infinitive)
* उषित्वा (uṣitvā́, Gerund)
* उष्ट्वा (uṣṭvā, Gerund)
* उष्य (úṣya, Gerund)
* वस्तव्य (vastavyà, Gerundive)
* उषितव्य (uṣitavya, Gerundive)
* वासयितव्य (vāsayitavya, Causative Gerundive)

###### Derived Nominal Forms

* वस् (vás)
* वसति (vasatí)
* वसथ (vasatha)
* वस्ति f (vasti, “staying, dwelling”)
* वस्मन् (vásman)
* वास m (vāsá, “spending the night”)
* वासक (vāsaka)
* वासन (vāsana)
* वासस् (vāsas, “lodging for the night”)
* वासिन् (vāsin)

###### Prefixed Root Forms

* अधिवस् (adhivas)
* अनुवस् (anuvas)
* आवस् (āvas)
* उद्वस् (udvas)
* उपवस् (upavas)
* निर्वस् (nirvas)
* निवस् (nivas)
* परिवस् (parivas)
* प्रतिवस् (prativas)
* प्रवस् (pravas)
* विवस् (vivas)
* संवस् (saṃvas)

### See also

* वस्तु (vastu, “place; essence; thing”)
* वास्तु (vāstu)

### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 532
* ↑ Monier Williams (1899) “वस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 930, column 1.
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “VAS¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 529-30
* ↑ Monier Williams (1899) “4. vas”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 932, column 1.
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “VAS²”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 530
* ↑ Monier Williams (1899) “2. vas”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 930, column 1.
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “VAS³”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 531-2
* ↑ Monier Williams (1899) “5. vas”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 932, column 2.

### Further reading

* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 155-56
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “vas”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* 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
* Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 565-7