search `vaa' in `Apte Dic'

meanings of "vaa" [1]

ind.

1.as an alternative conjunction it means 'or'; but its position is different in Sanskrit, being used either with each word or assertion or only with the last, but it is never used at the beginning of a clause;

2.it has also the following senses: (a)and; (b)like; (c)optionally; (d)possibility; (e)sometimes used merely as an expletive; (f)indeed; (g)only;

3.when repeated vaa has the sense of 'either-or,' 'whether-or'

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meanings of "vaa" [2]

v.

2.P; (vaati, vaata or vaana)

1.to blow;

2.to go;

3.to strike;

4.to emit an odour;

5.to smell

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meanings of "vaa" [3]

v.

caus. 2.P; (vaapayati-te)

1.to cause to blow;

2.to shake

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meanings of "vaa" [4]

v.

4.P; (vaayati)

1.to be dried up;

2.to be extinguished

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meanings of "vaa" [5]

v.

10.U; (vaapayati-te)

1.to go;

2.to be happy;

3.to to worship

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