वासनाvāsanā

वासना (vāsanā) is a Sanskrit word meaning perfuming, fumigating, infusing, or steeping, the same meaning, belonging to an abode, causing to abide or dwell, abiding, abode, a receptacle for water. Its 28 recorded definitions are grouped into 9 contexts, among them Mental Impressions, Memory, and Knowledge, Proper Nouns (Names), Abode or Dwelling.

Definitions: 28

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Meanings by context

Mental Impressions, Memory, and Knowledge

5 definitions

knowledge

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the unconscious mental impression of past perceptions and experiences

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Knowledge derived from memory

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the unconscious mental impression left by past actions that produces pleasure or pain

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The mental impression of past actions that produces pleasure or pain. 2. Imagination or fancy. 3. Ignorance. 4. Wish, desire, or inclination.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Proper Nouns (Names)

5 definitions

a kind of metre

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an epithet of Durga

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of the wife of Arka

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a commentator on the Siddhanta-shiromani

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a wife of Arka, a Vasu

— The Purana Index

Abode or Dwelling

4 definitions

belonging to an abode

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

causing to abide or dwell

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

abiding, abode

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a receptacle for water

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Fancy, Imagination, or (False) Ideas

3 definitions

1. Imagination or idea. 2. A false notion or mistake.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Fancy, imagination, idea

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

False idea, ignorance

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Liking, Regard, or Trust

3 definitions

liking, respectful regard

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

trust and confidence

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Regard, liking, respectful regard

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Perfuming or Scenting

3 definitions

perfuming, fumigating, infusing, or steeping

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the same meaning

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Perfuming, scenting

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Desire, Longing, or Expectation

2 definitions

desire, expectation, inclination

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A wish, desire, expectation, or inclination

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Specific Posture or Technical Term

2 definitions

a particular posture practiced during meditation, sitting on the ground with knees bent and feet turned backward

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

proof, demonstration

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Referential Entry

1 definition

See next.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 4 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.