वातvāta

वात (vāta) is a Sanskrit word meaning blown, wind or the wind-god, wind, air, wind emitted from the body, wind or air as one of the humours of the body, flatulence, gout, or rheumatism. Its 53 recorded definitions are grouped into 17 contexts, among them Wind, Air (Physical Element), Proper Nouns & Epithets, Medical Conditions, Symptoms & Related Terms.

Roots: वन् (van), 1. वा (1. vā), 3. वा (3. vā), 2. वा (2. vā), वत् (vat)
Etymology: E. वा to go, Unādi aff. तन्
Definitions: 53

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Meanings by context

Wind, Air (Physical Element)

13 definitions

wind or the wind-god

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

wind, air

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Air, wind

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Wind or the god of wind. 2. Air as a bodily humor or a disorder caused by it.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Air or wind. 2. Rheumatism, gout, or joint inflammation. 3. Wind as a bodily humour.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Air or wind. 2. Rheumatism or gout.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Air or wind. 2. The deity presiding over wind. 3. Wind as a bodily humour. 4. Gout or rheumatism.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Air or wind. 2. Rheumatism, gout, or joint inflammation. 3. Wind as one of the three bodily humors. 4. The deity presiding over wind.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Air, wind, or breeze. 2. Rheumatism or gout.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Wind or air. 2. The god of the wind.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Wind or air. 2. Vata, the god of the wind.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. Wind, air, or breeze. 2. The god of the wind. 3. Wind or air as one of the bodily humors, or a morbid affection thereof such as rheumatism, gout, or joint inflammation.

वात (vāta) [Printed book page 0899-a]
1. vāta, as, ā, am, (for 2. vāta see p. 902, col. 2),

blown; (as), m. wind, air, breeze; the god of the wind

(usually called Vāyu, q. v., but addressed under the

name Vāta in Ṛg-veda X. 168. and X. 186); wind
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or air as one of the humors of the body; morbid

affection of the windy humor, rheumatism, gout,

inflammation of the joints; [cf. Gr. ἐτώσιος; Lat.

ventus; Goth. vinds; Angl. Sax. wind, weder;

Old Germ. weder.] —Vāta-karman, a, n. breaking

wind. —Vāta-kuṇḍalikā, f. scanty and painful flow

of urine. —Vāta-kumbha, as, m. the part of an

elephant's forehead below the frontal sinuses. —Vāta-

ketu, us, m. ‘wind-sign,’ dust. —Vāta-keli, is, m.

amorous sport or converse, speaking in whispers;

the marks of finger-nails on a lover's person. —Vāta-

gāmin, ī, m. ‘wind-goer,’ a bird. —Vāta-gulma,

as, m. ‘wind-cluster,’ a gale, high wind; acute gout

or rheumatism. —Vāta-gopā, ās, ās, am, Ved. hav-

ing the Wind as protector. —Vāta-grasta, as, ā,

am, ‘wind-seized,’ epileptic; rheumatic. —Vāta-

ghna, as, ī, am, removing disorders of the wind;

(ī), f. the shrub Hedysarum Gangeticum. —Vāta-

codita, as, ā, am, driven by the wind. —Vāta-ja,

as, ā, am, produced by or arising from wind. —Vā-

ta-java, as, ā, am, fleet as the wind. —Vāta-jūta,

as, ā, am, Ved. impelled or driven by the wind.

—Vāta-jūti, is, m., N. of the author of Ṛg-veda

X. 136, 2 (having the patronymic Vātaraśana).

—Vāta-jvara, as, m. ‘wind-fever,’ fever arising

from vitiated wind. —Vātajvara-pratīkāra, as, m.

the remedying or counteraction of the above disease.

—Vāta-tūla, am, n. cottony or flocculent seeds

floating in the air. —Vāta-tviṣ, ṭ, ṭ, ṭ, Ved. bril-

liant or radiant with the wind (said of the Maruts).

—Vāta-thuḍā, f. (?) , a gale, a high wind; acute gout

or rheumatism; a disease, a sort of small-pox; a

handsome woman. —Vāta-dhvaja, as, m. ‘wind-

sign, ‘a cloud. —Vātan-dhama, see Vopa-deva XXVI.

55. —Vāta-pitta, am, n. ‘wind-bile,’ a form of

rheumatism or rheumatic fever. —Vātapitta-ja, as,

ā, am, produced by the above disease. —Vāta-

pittaja-śūla, am, n. a form of the disease called

śūla. —Vāta-putra, as, m. ‘son of the wind,’ N. of

Bhīma; the monkey Hanumat; a cheat, swindler.

—Vāta-potha or vāta-pothaka, as, m. the Palāśa

tree, Butea Frondosa. —Vāta-prakopa, as, m. (in

medicine) excess of wind. —Vāta-prabala, as, ā,

am, (in medicine) having an excess of wind. —Vāta-

pramī, īs, m. f. ‘wind-surpassing,’ a swift antelope,

(see Gram. 126. f.) —Vāta-phulla, as, ā, am,

‘wind-inflated,’ swollen or puffed up with wind.

—Vāta-phullāntra (°la-an°), am, n. ‘wind-swollen

stomach, ‘flatulence in the bowels, colic. —Vātam-

aja, as, ā, am, going towards or against the wind;

(as), m. a swift antelope. —Vāta-maṇḍalī, f. ‘wind-

circle, ‘a whirlwind. —Vāta-mṛga, as, m. ‘wind-

deer, ‘a swift antelope. —Vāta-raṃha, as, ā, am,

or vāta-raṃhas, ās, ās, as, having the impetuosity

of the wind, swift as the wind. —Vāta-rakta, am,

n. acute gout or rheumatism (ascribed to a vitiated

state of the ‘wind and blood’). —Vātarakta-ghna,

as, m. ‘destroying or curing the disease Vāta-rakta,’

a plant or shrub (= kukkura, commonly called Ku-

kurmurā). —Vātaraktāri (°ta-ari), is, m. ‘enemy

of Vāta-rakta, ‘a plant, Menispermum Glabrum (=

pitta-ghnī). —Vāta-raṅga, as, m. the fig-tree (= aś-

vattha). —Vāta-rūṣa, as, m. [cf. rt. rūṣ], a gale,

storm; the rainbow; a bribe. —Vāta-roga, as, m.

‘wind-disease,’ rheumatism, gout. —Vātarogin, ī,

iṇī, i, afflicted with gout or rheumatism, rheumatic.

—Vātarddhi (°ta-ṛd°), is, m. a sort of cup made

of wood and iron or a vessel made of wood with

an iron stand; a mace, a club or stick bound with

iron. —Vāta-vat, ān, atī, at, windy, gusty. —Vāta-

valāsaka, as, m. nervous fever (?) . —Vāta-vasti,

is, f. suppression of urine. —Vāta-vikāra, as, m.

disease of the wind, rheumatism. —Vāta-vṛddhi,

is, f. swelled testicle. —Vāta-vega, as, m. ‘fleet as

wind, ‘N. of a son of Dhṛta-rāṣṭra. —Vāta-vairin,

ī, m. ‘enemy of wind-disease,’ the castor-oil tree,

&c. [cf. vātāri.] —Vāta-vyādhi, is, m. any mor-

bid affection of the wind. —Vātavyādhi-cikitsā,

f. the cure of the above disease. —Vātavyādhi-ni-

dāna, am, n. the cause of the above disease. —Vāta-

śīrṣa, am, n. ‘wind-source,’ the lower belly. —Vā-
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ta-śūla, am, n. ‘wind-pain,’ colic with flatulence.

—Vāta-śoṇita, am, n. acute gout or rheumatism

(ascribed to a vitiated state of ‘the wind and blood’).

—Vāta-saha, as, ā, am, suffering from wind-

disease, gouty, rheumatic; bearing wind, able to

resist gusts and gales. —Vāta-sārathi, is, m. ‘hav-

ing the wind for a charioteer, ‘Agni or Fire. —Vā-

ta-skandha, am, n. the part of the atmosphere

where the wind blows. —Vāta-svana, as, ā, am,

sounding or roaring like the wind. —Vāta-han, ā,

ghnī, a, = vāta-ghna, q. v. —Vātāṭa (°ta-aṭa), as,

m. ‘wind-goer,’ a horse of the sun; an antelope. —Vā-

tāṇḍa (°ta-aṇ°), as, m. a disease of the testicles.

—Vātātisāra (°ta-at°), as, m. dysentery produced

by vitiated wind. —Vātāda (°ta-āda), as, m. a kind

of fruit tree. —Vātānulomana (°ta-an°), am, n.

forcing the wind in the right direction or downwards

(as in inflating the lungs). —Vātā-parjanyā, m. du.,

Ved. the gods Vāta and Parjanya (who are invoked

together in Ṛg-veda X. 66, 10, &c.). —Vātāpi

(°ta-āpi?), is, m., N. of an Asura (devoured by

Agastya). —Vātāpi-dviṣ, ṭ, or vātāpi-sūdana, as,

or vātāpi-han, ā, m. ‘destroyer of the Asura Vā-

tāpi, ‘epithet of the Muni Agastya. —Vātāpya (°ta-

āp°), as, ā, am, Ved. swelling or filling with air or

wind, fermenting; (am), n. fermentation; water;

Soma; (according to Sāy. on Ṛg-veda IX. 93, 5 =

udaka.) —Vātāmodā (°ta-ām°), f. musk. —Vātāya

(°ta-aya), am, n. ‘wind-going,’ a leaf. —Vātāyana

(°ta-ay°), am, n. ‘wind-passage, air-passage,’ a window,

air-hole, loop-hole; a porch, portico; a covered shed,

pavilion; (as), m. a horse; a patronymic of Anila

(author of the hymn Ṛg-veda X. 168); of Ula

(author of the hymn Ṛg-veda X. 186). —Vātāyana-

stha, as, ā, am, standing or being at the window.

—Vātāyu (°ta-ayu), us, m. an antelope, deer.

—Vātāri (°ta-ari), is, f. ‘enemy of wind-disease,’

the castor-oil tree; a plant, Asparagus Racemosus.

—Vātālī (°ta-ālī), f. a whirlwind, gale. —Vātāśva

(°ta-aś°), as, m. a swift horse or one of good breed.

—Vātāsaha (°ta-ās°), as, ā, am, suffering from

wind-disease, rheumatic, gouty. —Vātāhata (°ta-

āh°), as, ā, am, stirred or shaken by the wind;

struck by wind-disease, affected by rheumatism.

—Vātāhata-nau, naus, f. a ship tossed by the

winds. —Vātāhati (°ta-āh°), is, f. ‘wind-stroke,’ a

violent gust of wind, the action of the wind; an

attack of rheumatism or gout, occurrence of arthritic

pains. —Vāteśvara-tīrtha, am, n., N. of a Tīrtha.

—Vātona (°ta-ūna), as, ā, am, deficient in wind

or the windy humor; (ā), f., N. of a plant (= go-

jihvā). —Vātopajūta (°ta-up°) or vātopadhūta

(°ta-up°), as, ā, am, Ved. raised by the wind. [ID=41719]

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

wind

— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

Proper Nouns & Epithets

8 definitions

Name of a people

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a Rakshasa

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a son of Shura

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the Rakshasa presiding over the month of Tapas

— The Purana Index

a son of Yatudhana and father of Virodha

— The Purana Index

a son of Shura

— The Purana Index

a pishacha

— The Purana Index

one of the seven seers of the Svarocisha epoch

— The Purana Index

Compounds: Plants & Trees

3 definitions

1. The castor-oil tree. 2. Name of several plants including asparagus, shephalika, yavani, bhargigi, snuhi, vidanga, shurana, and jatuka.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a bundle of leaves, a book

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the palasha tree

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Past Participle: Blown

3 definitions

blown

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Blown

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Blown. 2. Wished for or solicited.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Past Participle: Desired/Wished For

3 definitions

desired

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Desired, wished for, or solicited

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

solicited or wished for

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Verbal Meanings (to go, serve, fan)

3 definitions

1. To go. 2. To serve. 3. To be happy. 4. To give pleasure in travelling. 5. To blow gently, fan, or ventilate.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

To go, serve, be or make happy, or fan.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. To go. 2. To serve. 3. To be happy. 4. To give pleasure in travelling. 5. To blow gently, fan, or ventilate.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bodily Humour (Vāta Doṣa)

2 definitions

wind or air as one of the humours of the body

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Wind, as one of the three humours of the body

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Compounds: Atmospheric Phenomena & Physical Effects of Wind

2 definitions

a leaf

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A high wind. 2. Acute gout. 3. A kind of smallpox. 4. A lovely woman.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Grammatical Information & Cross-References

2 definitions

See page 934, column 2.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

blown, stirred, moved

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Past Participle: Dried Up/Withered

2 definitions

dried up

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

dried, withered

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

The Wind God (Vāta Deva)

2 definitions

The god of wind

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Wind or the god of wind. 2. An epithet of Shiva.

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Compounds: Anatomical Parts

1 definition

the lower belly

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Compounds: Animals (Antelope, Horse, Bird)

1 definition

a horse

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Compounds: Architectural Features for Ventilation

1 definition

1. A window or air-hole. 2. A porch or portico. 3. A pavilion.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Figurative, Metaphorical, or Indirect Meanings

1 definition

A faithless lover

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Past Participle: Attacked/Injured

1 definition

attacked, assailed, injured, hurt

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 14 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 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.