वाहनvāhana

वाहन (vāhana) is a Sanskrit word meaning the act of making an effort or exertion, drawing, carrying, or conveying, name of a Muni, an army, carrying or conveying, driving. Its 24 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them Vehicle, Conveyance, or Mount, Act of Carrying, Moving, or Guiding, Adjective: Carrying or Driving.

Root: वह् (vah)
Etymology: E. वह् to bear, causal form, or वाह् to endeavour, ल्युट् aff
Definitions: 24

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Meanings by context

Vehicle, Conveyance, or Mount

10 definitions

1. Any vehicle, conveyance, draft animal, carriage, chariot, wagon, horse, or elephant. 2. Riding or driving on or in.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

any animal

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

oar or sail

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A vehicle or conveyance. 2. Carrying or conveying. 3. Making effort or exertion.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A vehicle. 2. Conveying. 3. Endeavor. 4. Deportment.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Bearing or conveying. 2. A vehicle or conveyance. 3. A horse. 4. An elephant.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A vehicle or conveyance. 2. Carrying or conveying. 3. Making an effort or exertion.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Carrying or bearing. 2. Governing of horses. 3. A vehicle, chariot, horse, or elephant.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

different riding animals used by warriors in the battlefield

— The Purana Index

1. A beast of burden. 2. A cart.

— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

Act of Carrying, Moving, or Guiding

5 definitions

carrying or conveying

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

driving

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

riding

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

guiding horses

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. The act of carrying, bearing, or conveying. 2. The act of driving or governing horses. 3. A vehicle, chariot, carriage, or conveyance of any kind. 4. An animal used for riding or drawing, such as a horse or elephant.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Adjective: Carrying or Driving

4 definitions

drawing, carrying, or conveying

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Driving, carrying, or bringing. 2. A vehicle, conveyance, chariot, wagon, or riding animal.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Carrying or bringing. 2. A beast of burden, vehicle, ship, or oar. 3. Drawing, carrying, driving, riding, or guiding.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A vehicle, team, or beast for riding or carrying burdens. 2. The act of carrying.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

Effort or Exertion

2 definitions

the act of making an effort or exertion

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

effort or exertion

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Proper Name

2 definitions

Name of a Muni

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a pupil of Kreta

— The Purana Index

An Army

1 definition

an army

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 12 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.