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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