# वनवास (vanavāsa)

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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 — E. vana, and vāsa abode
- **SLP1:** `vanavAsa`  **IAST:** vanavāsa  **Devanagari:** वनवास
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanavasa
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/vanavasa/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Dwelling in a forest (7 definitions)
- dwelling in a forest  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 918,1] वन (vana) — वास (—vāsa) m. dwelling or residence in a forest, wandering habits, R.; Kām.; MārkP. [ ID=185936 ]
- Living in the woods as a hermit  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वन (vana) वास (vāsa) (vanavāsa) [Printed book page 733 ] वन (vana) वास (vāsa) (vanavāsa) m. ( - सः (-saḥ) ) Living in the woods, as a hermit, &c. E. वन (vana), and वास (vāsa) abode. [ ID=33522 ]
- living in a forest  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वनवास (vanavāsa) [Printed book page 656-a ] वन - वास (vana-vāsa) ( सः ) ((saḥ)) 1. m. Living in a wood. [ ID=33111 ]
- 1. Dwelling in a forest. 2. A wood-dweller.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वनवास (vanavāsa) [Printed book page 638-08 ] वन - वास (vana-vāsa) m. 1. dwelling in a forest; 2. a wood-dweller. [ ID=33479 ]
- Living in the woods as a hermit  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वनवास (vanavāsa) [Printed book page 628-b ] वनवास (vanavāsa) m. ( - सः (-saḥ) ) Living in the woods, as a hermit, &c. E. वन, वास (vana, vāsa) abode. [ ID=35025 ]
- forest life  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वनवास (vanavāsa) [Printed book page 472 ] 1 वनवास (vanavāsa) m. forest-life. [ ID=28085 ]
- living in a forest  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > वनवास (vanavāsa) [Printed book page 237-b ] vana-vāsa, m. the living in a wood; -tas, owing to (his) forest-life. [ ID=3691 ]

### A Forest-Dweller (2 definitions)
- residing in a forest  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > वन (vana) — वास (—vāsa) mfn. residing in a f°, wood-dweller, Śak. [ ID=185938 ]
- living in the forest  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 2 वनवास (vanavāsa) a. & m. = seq. [ ID=28086 ]

### Name of a country (1 definition)
- Name of a country  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a country, Cat. [ ID=185937 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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