वसन

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• vasana (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑀲𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ৰসন (Bengali script)
• වසන (Sinhalese script)
• ဝသန or ဝသၼ (Burmese script)
• วสน or วะสะนะ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩈᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ວສນ or ວະສະນະ (Lao script)
• វសន (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄥𑄚 (Chakma script)

Noun

वसन n

1. Devanagari script form of vasana (“garment”)

Declension

Declension table of "वसन" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	वसनं (vasanaṃ)	वसनानि (vasanāni)
Accusative (second)	वसनं (vasanaṃ)	वसनानि (vasanāni)
Instrumental (third)	वसनेन (vasanena)	वसनेहि (vasanehi) or वसनेभि (vasanebhi)
Dative (fourth)	वसनस्स (vasanassa) or वसनाय (vasanāya) or वसनत्थं (vasanatthaṃ)	वसनानं (vasanānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	वसनस्मा (vasanasmā) or वसनम्हा (vasanamhā) or वसना (vasanā)	वसनेहि (vasanehi) or वसनेभि (vasanebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	वसनस्स (vasanassa)	वसनानं (vasanānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	वसनस्मिं (vasanasmiṃ) or वसनम्हि (vasanamhi) or वसने (vasane)	वसनेसु (vasanesu)
Vocative (calling)	वसन (vasana)	वसनानि (vasanāni)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ৱসন (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬲᬦ (Balinese script)
• বসন (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰭𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀲𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဝသန (Burmese script)
• વસન (Gujarati script)
• ਵਸਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌸𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦱꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂮𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ವಸನ (Kannada script)
• វសន (Khmer script)
• ວສນ (Lao script)
• വസന (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘭𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠰᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧍𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐳𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଵସନ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢱꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆱𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖭𑖡 (Siddham script)
• වසන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑪁𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚨𑚝 (Takri script)
• வஸந (Tamil script)
• వసన (Telugu script)
• วสน (Thai script)
• ཝ་ས་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒮𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨰𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wásHanam (“clothing, garment”), from Proto-Indo-European *wés-h₂nos (“clothing”), from the root *wes- (“to wear”). By surface analysis, वस् (vas, “to wear, put on”, root) +‎ -अन (-ana, instrument noun), literally “means of clothing oneself”. Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀𐬥𐬀 (vaŋhana, “garment”), Ancient Greek ἑᾰνός (heanós).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́.sɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐ.s̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

वसन • (vásana) stem, n

1. clothing, garment, dress
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.95.7:

     उद्यं॑यमीति सवि॒तेव॑ बा॒हू उ॒भे सिचौ॑ यतते भी॒म ऋ॒ञ्जन् ।
     उच्छु॒क्रमत्क॑मजते सि॒मस्मा॒न्नवा॑ मा॒तृभ्यो॒ वस॑ना जहाति ॥

     údyaṃyamīti savitéva bāhū́ ubhé sícau yatate bhīmá ṛñján.
     úcchukrámátkamajate simásmānnávā mātṛ́bhyo vásanā jahāti.

     Like Savitar his arms with might he stretches; awful, he strives grasping the world's two borders.
     He forces out from all a brilliant vesture, yea, from his Mothers draws he forth new garments.

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of वसन (vásana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वसनम् vásanam	वसने vásane	वसनानि / वसना¹ vásanāni / vásanā¹
Vocative	वसन vásana	वसने vásane	वसनानि / वसना¹ vásanāni / vásanā¹
Accusative	वसनम् vásanam	वसने vásane	वसनानि / वसना¹ vásanāni / vásanā¹
Instrumental	वसनेन vásanena	वसनाभ्याम् vásanābhyām	वसनैः / वसनेभिः¹ vásanaiḥ / vásanebhiḥ¹
Dative	वसनाय vásanāya	वसनाभ्याम् vásanābhyām	वसनेभ्यः vásanebhyaḥ
Ablative	वसनात् vásanāt	वसनाभ्याम् vásanābhyām	वसनेभ्यः vásanebhyaḥ
Genitive	वसनस्य vásanasya	वसनयोः vásanayoḥ	वसनानाम् vásanānām
Locative	वसने vásane	वसनयोः vásanayoḥ	वसनेषु vásaneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Old Javanese: wasana
• Pali: vasana
• Prakrit: 𑀯𑀲𑀡 (vasaṇa)
  • Hindi: बसन (basan), बसना (basnā)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “वसन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 932.