वनवासvanavāsa

वनवास (vanavāsa) is a Sanskrit word meaning dwelling in a forest, name of a country, residing in a forest, living in the woods as a hermit, living in a forest, forest life. Its 10 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Dwelling in a forest, A Forest-Dweller, Name of a country.

Etymology: E. वन, and वास abode
Definitions: 10

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Meanings by context

Dwelling in a forest

7 definitions

dwelling in a forest

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Living in the woods as a hermit

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

living in a forest

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Dwelling in a forest. 2. A wood-dweller.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Living in the woods as a hermit

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

forest life

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

living in a forest

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

A Forest-Dweller

2 definitions

residing in a forest

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

living in the forest

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Name of a country

1 definition

Name of a country

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 7 works: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.