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वनस्पति

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit वनस्पति (vanaspati).

Noun

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वनस्पति (vanaspatim (Urdu spelling ونسپت)

  1. plant, vegetation
  2. vegetable

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Synonyms

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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Compound of वनस् (vánas, gen.sg. of वन् (ván, tree, wood)) +‎ पति (páti, lord).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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वनस्पति (vánaspáti) stemm

  1. lord of the wood’, a forest tree (especially a large tree bearing fruit apparently without blossoms, as several species of the fig, the jack tree etc., but also applied to any tree)
  2. stem, trunk, beam, timber, post (especially the sacrificial post) (clarification of this definition is needed)
  3. lord of plants’, the सोम (soma) plant (clarification of this definition is needed)
  4. the Indian fig-tree, Bignonia suaveolens
  5. an offering made to the sacrificial post (clarification of this definition is needed)
  6. anything made of wood (especially particular parts of a car or carriage, a wooden drum, a wooden amulet, a block on which criminals are executed, a coffin etc.)
  7. an ascetic
  8. an epithet of Vishnu
  9. name of a son of घृत-पृष्ठ (ghṛta-pṛṣṭha) (clarification of this definition is needed)
  10. (in the dual) pestle and mortar
  11. nature
  12. vegetation

Declension

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Masculine i-stem declension of वनस्पति
singular dual plural
nominative वनस्पतिः (vánaspátiḥ) वनस्पती (vánaspátī) वनस्पतयः (vánaspátayaḥ)
vocative वनस्पते (vánaspate) वनस्पती (vánaspatī) वनस्पतयः (vánaspatayaḥ)
accusative वनस्पतिम् (vánaspátim) वनस्पती (vánaspátī) वनस्पतीन् (vánaspátīn)
instrumental वनस्पतिना (vánaspátinā)
वनस्पत्या¹ (vánaspátyā¹)
वनस्पतिभ्याम् (vánaspátibhyām) वनस्पतिभिः (vánaspátibhiḥ)
dative वनस्पतये (vánaspátaye) वनस्पतिभ्याम् (vánaspátibhyām) वनस्पतिभ्यः (vánaspátibhyaḥ)
ablative वनस्पतेः (vánaspáteḥ)
वनस्पत्यः¹ (vánaspátyaḥ¹)
वनस्पतिभ्याम् (vánaspátibhyām) वनस्पतिभ्यः (vánaspátibhyaḥ)
genitive वनस्पतेः (vánaspáteḥ)
वनस्पत्यः¹ (vánaspátyaḥ¹)
वनस्पत्योः (vánaspátyoḥ) वनस्पतीनाम् (vánaspátīnām)
locative वनस्पतौ (vánaspátau)
वनस्पता¹ (vánaspátā¹)
वनस्पत्योः (vánaspátyoḥ) वनस्पतिषु (vánaspátiṣu)
  • ¹Vedic

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Noun

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वनस्पति (vanaspati) stemf

  1. name of a गन्धर्वी (gandharvī).(clarification of this definition is needed)

Noun

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वनस्पति (vanaspati) stemn

  1. name of the वर्ष (varṣa) ruled by Vanaspati.(clarification of this definition is needed)

References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “वनस्पति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 918, column 1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “ván-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 500