# वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha)

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वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) is a Sanskrit word meaning most excellent, best, or richest, the name of a celebrated Vedic sage and patriarch, the author of a law-book and other works, the family of Vasishtha, the name of an Anuvaka, flesh. Its 39 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them The Sage Vasiṣṭha: Multifaceted Identity, Other Entities or Persons Named Vasiṣṭha, Vasiṣṭha: Specific Scholarly Roles and Authorship.

- **Roots:** 3. वस् (3. vas), 1. वस् (1. vas)
- **Etymology:** E. वस to abide (in the practice of religious austerities), aff. णिनि, वसिन् superlative aff., इष्टन् added, pre-eminent amongst the ascetics; also वशिष्ठ, &c — E. vasa to abide (in the practice of religious austerities), aff. ṇini, vasin superlative aff., iṣṭan added, pre-eminent amongst the ascetics; also vaśiṣṭha, &c
- **SLP1:** `vasizWa`  **IAST:** vasiṣṭha  **Devanagari:** वसिष्ठ
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasishtha
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/vasishtha/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** वासिष्ठ (vāsiṣṭha), वासिष्ट (vāsiṣṭa)

## Meanings by context

### The Sage Vasiṣṭha: Multifaceted Identity (23 definitions)
- The name of a celebrated Vedic sage and patriarch.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) m. (wrongly written वशिष्ठ (vaśiṣṭha) ), ‘the most wealthy’, N. of a celebrated Vedic Ṛṣi or sage (owner of the ‘cow of plenty’, called Nandinī, offspring of Surabhi, which by granting all desires made him, as his name implies, master of every वसु (vasu) or desirable object; he was the typical representative of Brāhmanical rank, and the legends of his conflict with Viśvā-mitra, who raised himself from the kingly or Kṣatriya to the Brāhmanical class, were probably founded on the actual struggles which took place between the Brāhmans and Kṣatriyas; a great many hymns of the Ṛg-veda (Title) are ascribed to these two great rivals; those of the seventh Maṇḍala, besides some others, being attributed to Vasiṣṭha, while those of the third Maṇḍala are assigned to Viśvā-mitra; in one of Vasiṣṭha's hymns he is represented as king Su-dās's family priest, an office to which Viśvā-mitra also aspired; in another hymn Vasiṣṭha claims to have been inspired by Varuṇa, and in another [ Ṛg-veda (Title) vii, 33, 11 ] he is called the son of the Apsaras Urvaśī by Mitra and Varuṇa, whence his patronymic Maitrāvaruṇi; in Manu, i, 35, he is enumerated among the ten Prajā-patis or Patriarchs produced by Manu Svāyambhuva for the peopling of the universe; in the MBh. he is mentioned as the family priest of the solar race or family of Ikṣvāku and Rāma-candra, and in the Purāṇas as one of the arrangers of the Vedas in the Dvāpara age; he is, moreover, called the father of Aurva [ Hariv. ], of the Sukālins [ Mn. ], of seven sons [ Hariv.; Pur. ], and the husband of Akṣa-mālā or Arundhatī [ MBh. ] and of Ūrjā [ Pur. ]; other legends make him one of the 7 patriarchal sages regarded as forming the Great Bear in which he represents the star ζ See ऋषि (ṛṣi) ), Ṛg-veda (Title) &c. &c. ( cf. Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams (Title) 361; 402 n. 1 &c.) [ ID=188675 ]
- 1. Best, most excellent, or wealthiest. 2. Name of a leading Vedic Rishi and lawgiver.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) [Printed book page 273-2 ] वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) vás-iṣṭha, spv. [brightest: √ 1. vas] best, most excellent, wealthiest ( V., E. ); m. N. of one of the leading Vedic Ṝṣis, Page273-3 composer of the seventh Maṇḍala of the RV.; in C. he is regarded as one of the seven Ṛṣis and is mentioned as a lawgiver ( often incorrectly spelt Vaśiṣṭha). [ ID=16126 ]
- A celebrated sage.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वस (vasa) िष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) [Printed book page 743 ] वस (vasa) िष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) m. ( - ष्ठः (-ṣṭhaḥ) ) A celebrated Muni. E. वस (vasa) to abide (in the practice of religious austerities), aff. णिनि (ṇini), वस (vasa) िन् (vasin) superlative aff., इष्टन् (iṣṭan) added, pre-eminent amongst the ascetics; also वशिष्ठ (vaśiṣṭha), &c. [ ID=34003 ]
- A celebrated sage  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) [Printed book page 666-a ] वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) ( ष्ठः ) ((ṣṭhaḥ)) 1. m. A celebrated sage. [ ID=33591 ]
- 1. Name of a celebrated inspired sage. 2. Name of the author of a Smriti.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) [Printed book page 647-08 ] वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) m. 1. Name of a celebrated inspired sage, (See App. II.), R. i.35; 2. name of the author of a Smṛiti; (according to old tradition, this Smṛiti was written by the inspired sage). [ ID=33991 ]
- A celebrated sage.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) [Printed book page 637-b ] वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) m. ( - ष्ठः (-ṣṭhaḥ) ) A celebrated Muni. E. वस् (vas) to abide, (in the practice of religious austerities,) aff. णिनि, वसिन्, (ṇini, vasin,) superlative aff. इष्टन् (iṣṭan) added; pre-eminent amongst the ascetics; also वशिष्ठ (vaśiṣṭha) &c. [ ID=35545 ]
- The name of a sage  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) [Printed book page 0826-b ] वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) vasiṣṭha, m. The name of a Ṛṣi; cf. vaśiṣṭha. [ ID=12898 ]
- 1. Most excellent, best, or richest. 2. The name of an ancient Rishi, deified as a star in the Great Bear.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) [Printed book page 479 ] वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) ( superl. ) most excellent, best, richest; m. N. of an ancient Ṛṣi, deified as a star in the Great Bear. [ ID=28525 ]
- 1. Most excellent. 2. Name of a famous Vedic seer.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) [Printed book page 240-a ] vásiṣṭha, a. most excellent, best; —as m. Vasishtha, name of one of the most famous Vedic seers, 78 19 N. [formed as superl. to vasu, fr. √1vas as a verbal (467), the verbal having the same transferred sense as the adj. vasu, q. v. ] [ ID=3753 ]
- 1. Name of a celebrated Vedic sage. 2. Name of the author of a law-book.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) [Printed book page 0896-b ] Vasiṣṭha, as, m. (superl. of vasu or vasu- mat; cf. vasīyas ), ‘the most wealthy,’ N. of a very celebrated Vedic Ṛṣi or inspired sage (owner of the ‘cow of plenty,’ called Nandinī, offspring of Surabhi, which by granting all desires made him, as his name implies, master of every vasu or desirable object; he was the typical representative of Brāh- manical dignity, and the legends of his conflict with Viśvā-mitra, who raised himself from the military to the sacerdotal class, though probably founded on the actual struggles which took place between the Brāhmans and Kṣatriyas, were doubtless mostly in- vented to impress the mind with the power and superiority of the priesthood; a great many hymns of the Ṛg-veda are ascribed to these two great rivals, those of the seventh Maṇḍala, besides some others, being attributed to Vasiṣṭha, while those of the third Maṇḍala are assigned to Viśvā-mitra; in one of Vasiṣṭha's hymns he is represented as king Su-dās's family priest, an office to which Viśvā-mitra Page0896-c+ 81 also aspired; in another hymn Vasiṣṭha claims to have been inspired by Varuṇa, and in another [Ṛg- veda VII. 33, 11] he is called the son of the Apsaras Urvaśī by Mitra and Varuṇa, whence his patronymic Maitrāvaruṇi; in Manu I. 35. he is enumerated among the ten Prajā-patis or Patriarchs produced by Manu Svāyambhuva for the peopling of the universe; in the Mahā-bhārata he is mentioned as the family priest of the solar race or family of Ikṣvāku and Rāma-candra, and in the Purāṇas as one of the arrangers of the Vedas in the Dvāpara age; in the first and second chapters of the Raghu-vaṃśa he is described as releasing king Dilīpa from his curse of childlessness by directing him to attend upon the cow Nandinī in atonement for an offence he had uninten- tionally committed against the parent cow Surabhi; according to one account Vasiṣṭha married Ūrjā, ‘Strength;’ according to another, Arundhatī, one of the Pleiades, by whom he had seven sons [see arundhatī ]; other legends make him one of the seven great patriarchal sages regarded as forming the stars of the Great Bear [see ṛṣi ]; his name is often written Vaśiṣṭha, q. v., in which case it must be connected with vaśa and vaśin ); N. of the author of a law-book (perhaps intended to be ascribed to the Vedic Ṛṣi above); ( ās ), m. pl. the family of Vasiṣṭha; ( Vasiṣṭhasyāṅkuśa and Vasiṣṭhasyā- nupadam, N. of two Sāmans.) —Vasiṣṭha-tantra, am, n., N. of a Tantra work. —Vasiṣṭha-putra, ās, m. pl. ‘the sons or descendants of Vasiṣṭha,’ N. of the authors of Ṛg-veda VII. 33, 10-14. —Va- siṣṭha-pramukha, as, ā, am, preceded or led by Vasiṣṭha. —Vasiṣṭha-prācī, f., N. of a place. —Vasiṣṭha-bhṛgv-atri-sama, as, ā, am, equal to (the three great saints) Vasiṣṭha, Bhṛgu, and Atri (all three being reckoned among the nine Prajā-patis, Manu I. 35). —Vasiṣṭha-saṃhitā, f., N. of a philosophical treatise; = yoga-vāsiṣṭha. —Vasiṣṭhāpavāha (°ṭha-ap°), as, m., N. of a place on the Sarasvatī (where that river carried the Ṛṣi Va- siṣṭha away so that he escaped from Viśvā-mitra). [ ID=41648 ]
- See page 896  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > [Printed book page 0897-c ] वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) vasiṣṭha. See p. 896, col. 2. [ ID=41674 ]
- a sage, son of Varuna, one of the seven sages, and husband of Arundhati  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) [Printed book page 714-1 ] Vasiṣṭha ( Vaśi° C.), a ṛṣi, son of Varuṇa (or of Mitra and Varuṇa), one of the Saptarṣis, husband of Arundhatī (Akṣamālā), father of Śakt(r)i and grandfather of Parāśara. [Sometimes V. is reckoned among the Prajāpatis (spiritual sons of Brahmán)]. § 61 (Sarpasattra): I, 55, †2110 ( °vat ).—§ 130 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 67, 2710 ( °sya śāpena, all. to § 164).—§ 134 (Viśvāmitra): I, 71, 2923 ( °ṃ yaḥ putrair iṣṭair vyayojayat, cf. § 224).—§ 153 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 94, 3732 ( ṛṣiḥ ), 3735 (became the purohita of Saṃvaraṇa, whom he installed).—§ 161 (Mahābhiṣop.): I, 96, 3853 ( śaptāḥ…V°ena, sc. the Vasus, cf. § 164), 3854.—§ 163 (Bhīṣmotpatti): I, 98, 3914 ( °śāpadoṣeṇa, all. to § 164).— § 164 (Āpavop.): I, 99, 3924 ( °nāmā sa muniḥ…Āpavaḥ ) (the Vasu Dyaus stole the homadhenu of V.; V. then cursed the Vasus to be reborn (Dyaus as Bhīṣma)).—§ 165 (Satya- vatīlābhop.): I, 100, 4001 (Bhīṣma learnt the Vedas with their Aṅgas from V.).—§ 188 (Madayantī): I, 122, 4736 ( Madayantī jagāma rṣiṃ V°ṃ…tasmāl lebhe ca sā putram Aśmakaṃ, cf. § 225).—§ 191 (Arjuna): I, 123, 4807 (among the seven maharṣis present at the birth of Arjuna).—§ 222 (Tapatyup.): I, 173, 6596 ( ṛṣisattamaṃ ), 6601, 6604 ( ṛṣiḥ ), (6605), 6609, 6610 ( maharṣiḥ ), 6612, 6614 ( ṛṣiḥ ), 6615, 6617, 6619, 6627 (the purohita of Saṃvaraṇa, prevailed upon Sūrya to give Saṃvaraṇa Tapatī in marriage).—§ 223 (Vāsiṣṭha): I, 174, 6635, 6636, 6638 ( Brahmaṇo mānasaḥ putro V°o 'rundhatīpatiḥ ), 6639 (only B., etymology), 6643 ( ṛṣisattamaṃ ); 175, 6649 ( Viśvāmitra-V°yoḥ ), 6654 ( °āśramaṃ ), 6655 ( ṛṣiḥ ), 6657, (6665), (6668), 6670 ( °sya nandinī ), (6672), 6673, (6676), (6678), 6679 (the hostility between V. and Viśvāmitra ).—§ 224 (Kalmāṣapāda): I, 176, 6701 ( °kulavardhanaṃ, i.e. Śakt(r)i), 6710 ( Viśvāmitra- V°yoḥ ), 6712 ( ṛṣeḥ putraṃ V°sya V°m iva tejasā, i.e. Śakt(r)i), 6736 ( °syaiva putreṣu ), 6737 ( putrān V°sya ) (when Kalmāṣapāda had been cursed by Śakt(r)i and Viśvāmitra had caused a Rākṣasa to possess him, Kalmā- ṣapāda devoured Śakt(r)i and the other sons of V.).—§ 225 (Vāsiṣṭha): I, 176, 6738; 177, (6758), 6760 ( ṛṣiḥ ), 6763, (6767), 6769 ( ṛṣiḥ ), 6771 (6775), 6779, 6780, 6782 ( maharṣiṇā ), 6787, 6788 ( ṛṣiḥ ) (from grief V. in vain tried to commit suicide, but, hearing of his daughter-in-law being quick with child, he refrained from his purpose. V. after- wards delivered Kalmāṣapāda from the curse, and begat Aśmaka on his queen Madayantī).—§ 226 (Parāśara): I, 178, 6794 ( muniḥ, grandfather of Parāśara), 6795 ( muniṃ ), 6796 ( viprarṣiṃ ), 6802.—§ 227 (Aurvop.): I, 178, (6802); 179, (6826); 180, (6862) (told Parāśara the story of Aurva).—§ 228 (do.): I, 181, 6865, 6868, 6871, 6882 ( ye ca Śaktryavarāḥ putrā V°sya mahāmuneḥ ), 6883, 6885.—§ 229 (Vasiṣṭhop.): I, 182, 6889, 6891, 6907 ( ṛṣeḥ ), 6909, 6912 (on account of a curse denounced upon Kalmāṣapāda, V. begat a son on his queen, cf. § 225).—§ 240 (Vaivāhikap.): I, 199, 7352 ( yathā…V°e cāpy Arundhatī, sc. bhava bhartṛṣu ).—§ 249 (Arjunavanavāsap.): I, 215, 7813 ( °sya Page714-b+ 63 ca parvataṃ, near Himavat(?)).—§ 259 b (Arundhatī): I, 233, 8456 ( Saptarṣimadhyagaṃ…muniṃ, his wife, Arundhatī, became jealous of him).—§ 270 (Brahmasabhāv.): II, 11, 436 (among the prajānāṃ patayaḥ in the palace of Brahmán).—§ 327 (Draupadīparitāpav.): III, 31, 1171 (among those ṛṣis who have become of pure souls by virtue). —§ 347 (Nalopākhyānap.): III, 64, 2462 ( °-Bhṛgv- Atrisamaiḥ ).—§ 358 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 82, 4098 ( āśrame V°sya, a tīrtha on the mountain Arbuda).—§ 368 (do.): III, 83, 7050 ( °syāśramaṃ, at Badarīpācana).—§ 370 (do.): III, 84, 8118 ( āśramo V°sya, a tīrtha at the Niścirā).—§ 376 (do.): III, 85, 8264 (among the ṛṣis who expect Yudhi- ṣṭhira on his tīrthayātrā).—§ 384 (Agastyop.): III, 102, 8739 ( °syāśrame ).—§ 391 (Ṛṣyaśṛṅga): III, 113, 10092 ( Arundhatī vā subhāgā V°ṃ…yathā, sc. paryacarat ).— § 410 (Vipāśā): III, 130, 10544 ( atra —i.e. in the Vipāśā— vai putraśokena V°o bhagavāṇ ṛṣiḥ baddhvātmānaṃ nipātito vipāśaḥ punar utthitaḥ, cf. § 225), 10553 ( Arundhatīsahāyaḥ, obtained tranquillity at Ujjānaka).—§ 439 (Yakṣayuddhap.): III, 163, 11855 ( sapta devarṣayaḥ…V°pramukhāḥ ).— § 496 (Skandotpatti): III, 224, 14282 ( °pramukhā mukhyā viprendrāḥ ).—§ 527 (Rāmopākhyānap.): III, 277, 15981 ( °-Vāmadevābhyāṃ ).—§ 543 (Rāmābhiṣeka): III, 292, 16597 ( °o Vāmadevaś ca, anointed Rāma Dāśarathi).—§ 562 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 83 η, 2946 ( °o Vāmadevaś ca, wor- shipped Kṛṣṇa).—§ 565 (Gālavacarita): V, 106, 3721 ( ṛṣiḥ, Dharma assumed the form of V.); 108, 3773 ( atra — i.e. in the east— pūrvaṃ V°sya paurāṇasya, dvijarṣabha, sūtiś caiva pratiṣṭhā ca nidhanaṃ ca prakāśate ); 117, 3970 ( reme …yathā…V°ś cākṣamālayā ).—§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 2, 65 ( Arundhalī tayā 'py eṣa V°ḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtaḥ, one of the stars [in Ursa major]).—§ 589 (Droṇābhiṣekap.): VII, 6, 160 ( °a iva viprāṇāṃ, sc. śreṣṭhaḥ ).—§ 599 (Jayad- rathavadhap.): VII, 94 ε, 3453 (mentioned in a blessing). —§ 602 (Droṇavadhap.): VII, 190 ν, 8727.—§ 615 i (Sapta- sārasvata): IX, 38, 2212 (performed a sacrifice for Kuru in Kurukṣetra).—§ 615 n (Viśvāmitra): IX, 40, 2302 ( °āśramaṃ ), 2303 ( Brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ ), 2304 ( munisattamaḥ ) ( V.'s hostility with Viśvāmitra, cf. § 223).—§ 615 p (Vasiṣṭhāpavāha): IX, 42, 2358 ( °syāpavāhaḥ ), 2360, 2361 ( āśramo vai V°sya, in Sthānutīrtha), 2365, 2366 ( Viśvāmitra- V°au ), 2367, 2369 ( dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ ), 2374, 2376, 2377, 2378, 2380, (2381), 2383, 2392, 2393 ( ṛṣisattamaṃ ) (Viśvāmitra ordered the Sarasvatī to bring V. to him that he might slay him).—§ 615 y (Badarapācana): IX, 48, 2767 ( viprarṣeḥ ), 2768 (Indra assumed the form of V.).—§ 635 (Rājadh.): XII, 37, 1354 (preceptor of Bhīṣma).—§ 637 (do.): XII, 46, 1568 ( °śiṣyaṃ, i.e. Bhīṣma); 47 η, 1594 (among the ṛṣis who surrounded Bhīṣma).—§ 641 g (Mucukundop.): XII, 74, 2814 (the purohita of Mucukunda); 122, 4499 ( īśaṃ viprāṇāṃ ).—§ 656 (Khaḍgotpattik.): XII, 166 α, 6135 ( °āṅgirasau, among the mind-born sons of Brahmán), (β), 6142 ( °-Gautamāgastyāḥ ).—§ 665 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 208 α, 7570 (the seventh of Brahmán's seven sons), (ι), 7598 (the second of the ṛṣis of the north).—§ 677 (do.): XII, 235, 8591 (Rantideva gave lukewarm water to V.), 8601 ( avarṣati Parjanye sarvabhūtāni bhūtakṛt V°o jīvayām āsa Prajāpatir iva prajāḥ ), 8604 (Mitrasaha, i.e. Kalmā- ṣapāda, gave his wife Madayantī to V. (C. Damayantīṃ ), cf. § 225).—§ 693 b (Vṛtravadha): XII, 282, 10118 (restored Indra to senses by uttering the Rathantara sāman), (10119), 10124, 10130.—§ 702 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 293 α, 10762; 297, 10877 (propagator of one of the four original gotras).— Page715-a+ 62 § 705 (do.): XII, 303, 11220 ( °sya ca saṃvādaṃ Karālaja- nakasya ca ), 11221, (11226); 304, (11263); 305, (11317); 306, (11339); 307, (11373); 308, (11418); 309, (11466) (discourse between V. and Karālajanaka), 11511 (obtained the sacred knowledge from Hiraṇyagarbha and taught it to Nārada).—§ 717 b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 335 α, 12686 (among the twenty-one Prajāpatis).—§ 717 c (Upari- cara): XII, 336 β, 12725 (among the seven ṛṣis named Citraśikhaṇḍins).—§ 717 b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 341 ν, 13040 (among the eight Prakṛtis), (ξ), 13075 (among the seven spiritual sons of Brahmán); 343, VII). ††13209 ( Hairaṇya- garbhāt, cursed Hiraṇyakaśipu); 350, 13642 ( °sya sutaḥ Śaktriḥ ), †13686 ( mānasaṃ…Pitāmahasya ), 13697 ( °kula- nandanaḥ, i.e. Vyāsa).—§ 721 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 3 α, 183 ( °sya…hataṃ putraśataṃ, sc. by Viśvāmitra), 192 ( salile purātmānaṃ majjayan, all. to § 225), 193.—§ 723 (do.): XIII, 6, 296 ( °sya saṃvādaṃ Brahmaṇaś ca, °s° also C.), 297 ( °s° also C., discourse between V. and Brahmán).— § 730 g (Upamanyu): XIII, 14 χ, 913 ( °s tvam ṛṣīṇāṃ, sc. asi, sc. Śiva).—§ 730 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 14 ββ, 991. —§ 732 (do.): XIII, 24, 1678 ( caturthas tvaṃ V°sya, sc. Vyāsa).—§ 734 (do.): XIII, 26 α, 1761 (among the ṛṣis who came to see Bhīṣma).—§ 746 (do.): XIII, 78, 3732 (the purohita of Saudāsa); 79, (3757); 80, (3785) (instructed Saudāsa about gifts of kine).—§ 747 (do.): XIII, 84 β, 3968 ( devarṣiṃ ), 3975.—§ 747 b (Suvarṇotpatti): XIII, 85, (4104) (related the Suvarṇotpatti), 4183.—§ 748 b (Tārakavadhop.): XIII, 85, 4219 (related the Tāraka- vadhopākhyāna).—§ 749 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 92 δ, 4392. —§ 750 b (Bisastainyop.): XIII, 93 α, 4416 (4439), (4461), (4484) ( °s° also C.), 4484 (do., etymology), (4515).—§ 751 b (Śapathavidhi): XIII, 94 α, †4550, (4563).—§ 759 (Ānuśā- sanik.): XIII, 106 δ, 5200.—§ 766 (do.): XIII, 126, 6046 ( sapta…ṛṣayaḥ…V°pramukhāḥ ), 6047; 130, 6102/3 (only B.).—§ 767 (do.): XIII, 137 α, 6250 (Rantideva made gifts to V.), 6257 ( avarṣati ca Parjanye sarvabhūtāni devarāṭ/ V°o jīvayām āsa ), 6259 (Kakṣasena made gifts to V.), 6262 (Mitrasaha—i.e. Kalmāṣapāda—gave his wife Madayantī to V.).—§ 770 (do.): XIII, 151 α, †7088, (ι), 7116 (among the seven Dhaneśvarasya guravaḥ in the north), 7158 (ξ), †7160.—§ 772 b (Pavanārjunasaṃv.): Vāyu said: Once the gods performing a sacrifice at the Vaikhānasa lake thought of the ṛṣi V. Seeing the gods emaciated and reduced in consequence of the dīkṣā, the gigantic Dānavas named Khalins desired to slay them. The slain Dānavas plunged into the lake, and in consequence of a boon granted by Brahmán they revived. Taking up mountains, etc., they agitated the lake and caused the water to rise for hundred yojanas. Ten thousands of them attacked the gods who repaired to Indra; Indra repaired to V., who burnt the Khalins and caused the Gangā, who had gone to Kailāsa, to penetrate the lake, thus arose the river Sarayū; the place came to be named after the Khalins (khalino 'bhavat ). Name thou a kṣatriya superior to V. (XIII, 156 ): XIII, 156, 7279, 7280, 7289, 7290.— § 773 b (Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva): XIII, 159, †7372 (arose from the seed of the gods, which fell into a jar.)—§ 775 (Ānuśā- sanik.): XIII, 166 ζ, 7670 (among the ṛṣis of the north).— § 779 (Aśvamedhikap.): XIV, 11, 311 (restored Indra to senses with the Rathantara sāman, cf. XII, 10118).—§ 782 b (Brāhmaṇagītā): XIV, 27, 781 ( sapta saptarṣayaḥ siddhā V°pramukhaiḥ saha, read pramukhās tathā? ).—§ 782 g (Guru- śiṣyasaṃv.): XIV, 35 δ, 961. Page715-b+ 62 Cf. also the following synonyms:— Āpava, q.v. Arundhatīpati (“the husband of Arundhatī”): I, 6638 ( V° ). Brahmarṣi (q.v.), Devarṣi (q.v.). Hairanyagarbha (“the son of Hiranyagarbha [i.e. Brahmán]”): XII, ††13209 ( V° ). Maitrāvāruṇi (“the son of Mitra and Varuṇa”), q.v. Vāruṇi (“the son of Varuṇa”), q.v. [ ID=11659 ]
- A revered sage in Hindu mythology.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) [Printed book page 3-166 ] Vasiṣṭha (I) — a sage who called on Bhīṣma lying on his death-bed; also called on Parikṣit practising prāyopa- veśa; 1 was invited for Yudhiṣṭhira's Rājasūya; 2 came to see Kṛṣṇa at Syamantapañcaka; 3 one of the sages who left for Piṇḍāraka. 4 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. I. 9. 7; 19. 9.] [ Footnote: 2) Ib. X. 74. 7.] [ Footnote: 3) Ib. X. 84. 4.] [ Footnote: 4) Ib. XI. 1. 12.] [ ID=12341 ]
- A celebrated sage born from the breath of Brahma, husband of Arundhati, and father of seven Brahmarshis.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasiṣṭha (II) — a son of Brahmā, born of his breath; married Kardama's daughter, Arundhatī. Father of seven sons, all Brahmaṛṣis; cursed the fires Pāvaka, Pavamāna and Śuci who were born sons of Vijitāśva; 1 when invited to be Nimi's Ṛtvik, he went away to Indra's yajña to which he had been called earlier and asked Nimi to wait till his return. On Nimi continuing his sacrifice with the help of other Ṛtviks, Vasiṣṭha cursed him and was in turn cursed to be born of Ūrvaśī and Mitrāvaruṇa. 2 A sage of the Kṛtayuga: Heard the Nīlakaṇṭha legend from Kārtikeya; present at Rati's marriage; 3 suggested to Diti the observance of the Madanadvādaśīvratam. 4 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. III. 12. 22-3; 24. 23; IV. 1. 40; 24. 4; 29. 43; Br. II. 32. 96 and 115; III. 8, 82; M. 187. 45.] [ Footnote: 2) Bhā. VI. 18. 5; IX. 13. 1-6.] [ Footnote: 3) Br. II. 25. 15; 27. 103; IV. 40. 48; M. 201. 1, 14-6.] [ Footnote: 4) M. 3. 7 and 34; 7. 5, 9.] [ ID=12342 ]
- 1. A siddha. 2. The preceptor of Shraddhadeva.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasiṣṭha (III) — a siddha; 1 the ācārya of Śrāddha deva. Finding no issue to him. Vasiṣṭha offered a sacrifice to Mitra and Varuṇa. At this time Śrāddhā, Page3-167+ 34 the king's wife desired to have a daughter and expressed it to the Hotā who uttered the mantra in such a way as to get a daughter. Ilā was born; but Śrāddhadeva was not pleased. So Vasiṣṭha converted Ilā into a male by name Sudyumna; 2 was present at Ambarīṣa's asvamedha; 3 the ideal Purohīta. 4 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. VI. 15. 13.] [ Footnote: 2) Ib. IX. 1. 13-22, 36-7; M. 245. 86.] [ Footnote: 3) Bhā. IX. 4. 22.] [ Footnote: 4) Ib. XI. 16. 22.] [ ID=12343 ]
- a sage of the Vaivasvata epoch  
  *The Purana Index*
  > [Printed book page 3-167 ] Vasiṣṭha (IV) — a sage of the Vaivasvata epoch; his sons Mānasa pitṛs; fought in the form of a bird for years a battle with Viśvāmitra concerning Hariścandra; acted as Sāmaga in his Puruṣamedha; 2 cursed Saudāsa to become a Rākṣasa; with the king's assent, Vasiṣṭha begot Aśmaka on Madayantī. 3 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. VIII. 13. 5; 1. 24; M. 9. 27; 12. 4-5; 15. 12; Vi. III. 1. 32.] [ Footnote: 2) Bhā. IX. 7. and 23.] [ Footnote: 3) Ib. IX. 9. 18-23, 38.] [ ID=12344 ]
- born in the Varuni-yajna from the centre of Vasu, progenitor of Pitris and Sukatas  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasiṣṭha (VII) — born in the Vāruṇi-yajña from the centre of Vasu (sacrificial fire), and hence Vasumat; pro- genitor of Pitṛs, Sukātas. Br. III. 1. 21 and 46; 10. 96; M. 195. 11; 200. 1. [ ID=12347 ]
- 1. One who cursed Haihaya to be ruined. 2. A sage of middle devotion. 3. A great seer and knower of the supreme spirit.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasiṣṭha (VIII) — cursed Haihaya to be ruined; of madhyama bhakti; 1 a mahaṛṣi and a Brahmavādin. 2 Page3-168+ 35 [ Footnote: 1) Br. III. 30. 70; 34. 40.] [ Footnote: 2) M. 145. 90 and 109; 171. 27.] [ ID=12348 ]
- 1. A contemporary of Sagara and family preceptor of the Ikshvakus. 2. The family priest of Dasharatha and Rama.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > [Printed book page 3-168 ] Vasiṣṭha (IX) — a contemporary of Sagara; the kula- guru of the Ikṣvākus; narrated Paraśurāma's story to Sagara; blessed Sagara who enjoyed rule after world conquest; con- soled him on the death of Sāgaras; agreed to anointing Amśumat as yuvarāja. 1 Gave Prathiṣṭhāna to Sudyumna. 2 Took Ikṣvāku to task for getting hare's flesh already tasted by Vikukṣi; was in charge of the kingdom when Trayyā- ruṇi went to the forest; met Kalmāṣapāda's queen for Aśmaka's birth; 3 Purohita of Daśaratha and Rāma. 4 Observed Ādityaśayanavratam. 5 [ Footnote: 1) Br. III. 31. 1; 47. 99; 48. 29; 49. 1 and 38; 54. 20-22.] [ Footnote: 2) Ib. III. 60. 21.] [ Footnote: 3) Ib. III. 63. 15, 82-93, 177; 64. 4; 73. 91.] [ Footnote: 4) Ib. IV. 15. 40; 20. 103; 40. 48 and 89; M. 47. 245; Vi. IV. 4. 99.] [ Footnote: 5) M. 55. 32.] [ ID=12349 ]
- 1. A sage of the first epoch of Savarna Manu. 2. The grandfather of Parashara.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasiṣṭha (XI) — (Dvaipāyana) a sage of the first epoch of Sāvarṇa Manu; 1 father's father of Parāśara; on the evils of anger. 2 [ Footnote: 1) Br. IV. 1. 11.] [ Footnote: 2) Vi. I. 1. 12-16.] [ ID=12351 ]
- The younger brother of Agastya who cursed Nimi to become bodyless, and a royal priest of Nimi.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasiṣṭha (XII) — the younger brother of Agastya cursed Nimi to become bodyless, a purohita of Nimi. M. 61. 19, 32-33; 201. 14-16. [ ID=12352 ]
- The family priest of Dharmamurti, who praised Shiva to burn Tripuram.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasiṣṭha (XIII) the purohita of Dharmamūrti of Bṛhat- kalpa; 1 praised Śiva out to burn Tripuram 2 [ Footnote: 1) M. 92. 21; 102. 19; 126. 7.] [ Footnote: 2) Ib. 133. 67.] [ ID=12353 ]
- One of the most prominent priestly figures of Vedic tradition, traditionally associated with the seventh Mandala of the Rigveda and known for his rivalry with Vishvamitra.  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) [Printed book page 2-274 ] Vasiṣṭha is the name of one of the most prominent priestly figures of Vedic tradition. The seventh Maṇḍala of the Rigveda is ascribed to him; this ascription is borne out by the fact that the Vasiṣṭhas 1 and Vasiṣṭha 2 are frequently mentioned in that Maṇḍala, besides being sometimes referred to elsewhere. That by the name Vasiṣṭha a definite individual is always meant is most improbable, as Oldenberg 3 shows; Vasiṣṭha must normally mean simply ‘a Vasiṣṭha.’ But it is not necessary to deny that a real Vasiṣṭha existed, for one hymn 4 seems to show clear traces of his authorship, and of his assist- ance to Sudās against the ten kings. The most important feature of Vasiṣṭha's life was apparently Page2-275+ 68 his hostility to Viśvāmitra. The latter was certainly 5 at one time the Purohita (‘domestic priest’) of Sudās, but he seems to have been deposed from that post, to have joined Sudās' enemies, and to have taken part in the onslaught of the kings against him, for the hymn of Sudās' triumph 4 has clear references to the ruin Viśvāmitra brought on his allies. 6 Oldenberg, 7 however, holds that the strife of Viśvāmitra and Vasiṣṭha is not to be found in the Rigveda. On the other hand, Geldner 8 is hardly right in finding in the Rigveda 9 a compressed account indicating the rivalry of Śakti, Vasiṣṭha's son, with Viśvāmitra, the acquisition by Viśvāmitra of special skill in speech, and the revenge of Viśvāmitra, who secured the death of Śakti by Sudās' servants, an account which is more fully related by Ṣaḍguruśiṣya, 10 which appeared in the Śāṭyāya- naka, 11 and to which reference seems to be made in the brief notices of the Taittirīya Saṃhitā 12 and the Pañcaviṃśa Brāh- maṇa 13 regarding Vasiṣṭha's sons having been slain, and his overcoming the Saudāsas. But it is important to note that no mention is made in these authorities of Sudās himself being actually opposed to Vasiṣṭha, while in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa 14 Vasiṣṭha appears as the Purohita and consecrator of Sudās Paijavana. Yāska 15 recognizes Viśvāmitra as the Purohita of Sudās; this accords with what seems to have been the fact Page2-276+ 63 that Viśvāmitra originally held the post. Probably, however, with the disappearance of Sudās, Viśvāmitra recovered his position, whereupon Vasiṣṭha in revenge for the murder of his sons secured in some way unspecified the defeat of the Saudāsas. 16 At any rate it is hardly necessary to suppose that the enmity of the Saudāsas and Vasiṣṭhas was permanent. There is evidence 17 that the Bharatas had the Vasiṣṭhas as Purohitas, while other versions 18 regard them as Purohitas for people ( prajāḥ ) generally. It seems that the Vasiṣṭhas were pioneers in adopting the rule that Purohitas should act as Brahman priest 19 at the sacrifice: the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 20 states that the Vasiṣṭhas were once the only priests to act as Brahmans, but that later any priest could serve as such. 21 A rivalry with Jamadgni and Viśvāmitra is reported in the Taittirīya Saṃhitā. 22 Parāśara and Śatayātu are associated with Vasiṣṭha in the Rigveda, 23 being apparently, as Geldner 24 thinks, the grandson and a son of Vasiṣṭha. According to Pischel, 25 in another hymn, 26 Vasiṣṭha appears as attempting to steal the goods of his father Varuṇa; Geldner 27 also shows that the Rigveda 28 contains a clear reference to Vasiṣṭha's being a son of Varuṇa and the nymph Urvaśī. Perhaps this explains the fact that the Vasiṣṭhas are called the Tṛtsus in one passage Page2-277+ 52 of the Rigveda; 29 for being of miraculous parentage, Vasiṣṭha would need adoption into a Gotra, that of the princes whom he served, and to whom Agastya seems to have introduced him. There are numerous other references to Vasiṣṭha as a Ṛṣi in Vedic literature, 30 in the Sūtras, 31 and in the Epic, where he and Viśvāmitra fight out their rivalry. 32 [ Footnote: 1) Rv. vii. 7, 7; 12, 3; 23, 6; 33, 1 et seq.; 37, 4; 39, 7; 40, 7; 76, 6. 7; 77, 6; 80, 1; 90, 7; 91, 7; x. 15, 8; 66, 14; 122, 8.] [ Footnote: 2) Rv. vii. 9, 6; 13, 4. 21; 22, 3; 23, 1; 26, 5; 33, 11 et seq.; 42, 6; 59, 3; 70, 6; 73, 3; 86, 5; 88, 1; 95, 6; 96, 1; x. 65, 15; 150, 5; i. 112, 9.] [ Footnote: 3) Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgen- ländischen Gesellschaft, 42, 204 et seq. Cf. vii. 23, 1 (singular) with verse 6 (plural).] [ Footnote: 4) Rv. vii. 18. As to vii. 33, Olden- berg and Geldner differ. See Vedische Studien, 2, 130. But it is rather doubtful whether it can possibly be said to be as early as vii. 18, or to have any claim to be really an utterance of Vasiṣṭha.] [ Footnote: 5) See Rv. iii. 33. 53; Muir, Sanskrit Texts, 12, 328 et seq. ] [ Footnote: 4) Rv. vii. 18. As to vii. 33, Olden- berg and Geldner differ. See Vedische Studien, 2, 130. But it is rather doubtful whether it can possibly be said to be as early as vii. 18, or to have any claim to be really an utterance of Vasiṣṭha.] [ Footnote: 6) Hopkins, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 15, 260 et seq. ] [ Footnote: 7) Op. cit., 204, n. 3.] [ Footnote: 8) Op. cit., 2, 158 et seq. ] [ Footnote: 9) iii. 53, 15. 16. 21-24, the last four verses being the famous Vasiṣṭha- dveṣiṇyaḥ, which Durga, the commen- tator on the Nirukta, declines to explain, because he was a Kāpiṣṭhala Vāsiṣṭha (see Muir, op. cit., 12, 344; Bṛhaddevatā, iv. 117 et seq., with Mac- donell's notes). What the verses really mean is not at all certain. See Olden- berg, Ṛgveda-Noten, 1, 254 et seq. ] [ Footnote: 10) Cf. Sāyaṇa on Rv. vii. 32, and Macdonell's edition of the Sarvānu- kramaṇī, 107; Weber, Indische Studien, 1, 119.] [ Footnote: 11) See the note in the Anukramaṇī on vii. 32, where both the Tāṇḍaka and the Śāṭyāyanaka are quoted (Muir, op. cit., 12, 328).] [ Footnote: 12) vii. 4, 7, 1. In iii. 1, 7, 3; v. 4, 11, 3, also Vasiṣṭha is a foe of Viśvā- mitra.] [ Footnote: 13) iv. 7, 3; viii. 2, 3; xix. 3, 8; xxi. 11, 2. The story is alluded to in the Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa, iv. 8, and in the Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa, i. 150; iii. 26. 83. 149. 204. In ii. 390 it is definitely stated, as in the Śāṭyāyanaka (n. 10), that Śakti was cast into the fire by the Saudāsas.] [ Footnote: 14) vii. 34, 9; viii. 21, 11. Cf. Śāṅkh- āyana Śrauta Sūtra, xvi. 11, 14.] [ Footnote: 15) Nirukta, ii. 24; Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra, xxvi. 12, 13.] [ Footnote: 16) Roth, Zur Litteratur und Geschichte des Weda, 121 et seq., considered that the Vasiṣṭhas were finally successful in the effort to remove the Viśvāmitras from favour. Weber, Indische Studien, 1, 120; Episches im vedischen Ritual, 34, doubted this, and Muir, op. cit., 12, 371-375, held the problem to be in- soluble. Roth and Muir, however, both complicated the question by regarding the Bharatas as enemies of the Tṛtsus, which (see Tṛtsu ) is not at all probable, though it is still the view of Bloomfield, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 16, 41, 42.] [ Footnote: 17) Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa, xv. 4, 24; Weber, Indische Studien, 10, 34.] [ Footnote: 18) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, iii. 5, 2, 1; Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā, xxxvii. 17.] [ Footnote: 19) Vasiṣṭha was Brahman at the sacri- fice of Śunaḥśepa, Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, vii. 16; Śāṅkhāyana Srauta Sūtra, xv. 21, 4.] [ Footnote: 20) xii. 6, 1, 41. Cf. iv. 6, 6, 5.] [ Footnote: 21) Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa, i. 5; Weber, Indische Studien, 10, 35.] [ Footnote: 22) iii. 1, 7, 3. Cf. n. 11.] [ Footnote: 23) vii. 18, 21.] [ Footnote: 24) Vedische Studien, 2, 132.] [ Footnote: 25) Vedische Studien, 2, 55 et seq. ] [ Footnote: 26) vii. 55. Aufrecht, Indische Studien, 4, 337, took the hymn to refer to a lover's visit to a maiden. Cf. Lanman, Sanskrit Reader, 370; Bṛhaddevatā, vi. 11, with Macdonell's notes.] [ Footnote: 27) Vedische Studien, 2, 138. So also Nirukta, v. 13; Muir, Sanskrit Texts, 12, 231, n. 97; Bṛhaddevatā, v. 150. 151.] [ Footnote: 28) vii. 33, 11.] [ Footnote: 29) vii. 83, 8.] [ Footnote: 30) Rv. i. 112, 9; vii. 88, 4; 96, 3; x. 95, 17; 181, 1; Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā, xvi. 19; xx. 9; xxxii. 2 ( Indische Studien, 3, 478); Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, i. 4, 12; ii. 7, 9; iv. 2, 9; Taittirīya Saṃhitā, v. 2, 10, 5; Av. iv. 29, 4; Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, vi. 18, 3; Kauṣītaki Brāh- maṇa, xxvi. 14; xxix. 2. 3; xxx. 3; Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa, iii. 3, 13; 15, 2; 18, 6; Aitareya Āraṇyaka, ii. 2, 2; Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, ii. 2, 4, etc.] [ Footnote: 31) See Weber, Indische Studien, 10, 89-92; Episches im vedischen Ritual, 35.] [ Footnote: 32) Muir, Sanskrit Texts, 12, 375-414. Cf. Ludwig, Translation of the Rig- veda, 3, 131 et seq.; Weber, Episches im vedischen Ritual, 31-34; Indian Literature, 31, 37, 53, 79, 123, 162; Oldenberg, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 42, 204-207.] [ ID=2843 ]

### Other Entities or Persons Named Vasiṣṭha (6 definitions)
- The name of an Anuvaka  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of an Anuvāka, Pat. on Pāṇini (Author) iv, 3, 131, Vārtt. 2 [ ID=188678 ]
- the sage presiding over the months of Shuci and Shukra  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasiṣṭha (V) — the sage presiding over the months of Śuci (Āṣāḍha) and Śukra; 1 in the Viśvacakra. 2 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. XII. 11. 36; Br. II. 23. 6.] [ Footnote: 2) M. 285. 6.] [ ID=12345 ]
- another name for the sage Apava  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasiṣṭha (X) — another name for Āpava sage. Br. III. 69. 44. [ ID=12350 ]
- a son of Vali  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasiṣṭha (XV) — a son of Vāli the avatār of the Lord. Vā. 23. 160. [ ID=12355 ]
- a resident of Brahmakshetra  
  *The Purana Index*
  > [Printed book page 3-169 ] Vasiṣṭha (XVI) — a resident of Brahmakṣetra. Vā. 59. 105. [ ID=12356 ]
- sacred to the ancestors  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasiṣṭha tīrtham — sacred to the Pitṛs. M. 22. 68. [ ID=12358 ]

### Vasiṣṭha: Specific Scholarly Roles and Authorship (4 definitions)
- The author of a law-book and other works.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > [Printed book page 930,3] N. of the author of a law-book and other works ( prob. intended to be ascribed to the Vedic Ṛṣi above) [ ID=188676 ]
- 1. The eighth Veda Vyasa. 2. A sage who heard the Brahmanda Purana from Indra and narrated it to Sarasvata.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasiṣṭha (VI) — the eighth Veda Vyāsa. Heard the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa from Indra and narrated it to Sāras- vata; 1 āśrama of, on the Ūrjjanta hill. 2 [ Footnote: 1) Br. II. 35. 118; IV. 2. 47; 4. 60.] [ Footnote: 2) Ib. III. 13. 53 and 74.] [ ID=12346 ]
- a master of the science of architecture  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasiṣṭha (XIV) — a master of the science of architecture. M. 252. 2. [ ID=12354 ]
- a disciple of Jaimini who learned and taught sacred texts  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasiṣṭha (XVII) — (Hiraṇyanābha Kauśalya). a disciple of Jaimini who taught him 500 samhitas; he in his turn taught them to Yājñavalkya. Vā. 88. 207; 98. 92. [ ID=12357 ]

### Vasiṣṭha's Family and Lineage (3 definitions)
- the family of Vasishtha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > pl. the family of Vasiṣṭha, RV.; ŚBr.; ŚrS. ( वसिष्ठस्या (vasiṣṭhasyā) ङ्कुशः (ṅkuśaḥ) &c. N. of Sāmans, ĀrṣBr. ) [ ID=188677 ]
- Urja  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasiṣṭha putra — Ūrja. Vā. 62. 16. [ ID=12359 ]
- see Vasishtas  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasiṣṭhas — see Vāsiṣṭhas; to them the Pravara is Ekār- ṣeya. M. 200. 2. [ ID=12360 ]

### Adjective: Most Excellent/Richest (2 definitions)
- most excellent, best, or richest  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 930,2] वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) a mfn. ( superl. fr. 1. वसु (vasu); cf. वसीयस् (vasīyas) and under √ 3. वस् (vas) ) most excellent, best, richest, RV.; AV.; Br.; ChUp.; MBh. [ ID=188674 ]
- See page 930.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 933,1] वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) b, वसीयस् (vasīyas). See p. 930. [ ID=189197 ]

### Vasiṣṭha (neuter): Flesh (1 definition)
- flesh  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) n. flesh, Gal. [ ID=188679 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; 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, University of Cologne.

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