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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

  • बिश् (or विश्), cl. 1. P. बेशति, to go, Dhātup. xvii, 71 (= √ पिस् q.v.)
  • विश् cl. 6. P. (Dhātup. xxviii, 130) विश/ति (rarely, in later language mostly mc. also Ā. विशते ; pf. विवे/श, विविशे, RV. &c. &c. [विवेशिथ, विवेशुः, RV.; विविश्यास्, ib.; p. -विशिव/स्, AV.; विविशिवस् or विविश्वस्, Pāṇ. vii, 2, 68; अविवेशीस्, RV.]; aor. अ/विश्रन्, अ/विक्ष्महि, वेशीत्, RV.; अविक्षत्, Br. &c.; अविक्षत Gr.; Prec. विश्यात्, ib.; fut. वेष्टा, MBh.; वेक्ष्यति, °ते, Br. &c.; inf. वेष्टुम्, MBh. &c.; वेष्टवै, Br.; विशम्, RV.; ind.p. -विश्य, AV. &c. &c.),
    to enter, enter in or settle down on, go into (acc. loc., or अन्तर् with gen.), pervade, RV. &c. &c. (with पुनर् or भूयस्, to re-enter, return, come back);
    to be absorbed into (acc.), Bhag.;
    (in astron.) to come into conjunction with (acc.), VarBṛS.;
    (with अग्निम्, ज्वलनम् &c.) to enter the fire i.e. ascend the funeral pyre, MBh.; R. &c.;
    (with अपस्) to sink or be immersed in the water, BhP.;
    to enter (a house &c.), Hariv.;
    to appear (on the stage), R.; Kām.;
    to go home or to rest, RV.; ŚāṅkhBr.;
    to sit down upon (acc. or loc.), R.; Hariv.;
    to resort or betake one's self to (अग्रतस्, अग्रे, or acc.), Ragh.; Pur.;
    to flow into (and, join with,; applied to rivers and armies), Rājat. v, 140;
    to flow or redound to, fall to the share of (acc.), Hariv.; Ragh. &c.;
    to occur to (as a thought, with acc.), R.;
    to befall, come to (as death, with acc.), BhP.;
    to belong to, exist for (loc.), ib.;
    to fall or get into any state or condition (acc.), R.; Śāntiś.;
    to enter upon, undertake, begin, R.; BhP.;
    to mind (any business), attend to (dat.), MBh. xii, 6955 :
    Caus. वेश/यति, °ते (aor. अवीविशत्; Pass. वेश्यते),
    to cause to enter into (acc.), AV.;
    to cause to sit down on (loc.), BhP. :
    Desid. विविक्षति, to wish to enter (acc.), BhP.;
    (with अग्निम् or वह्निम्) to wish to enter the fire i.e. to ascend the funeral pyre, Kathās. :
    Intens. वेविश्यते, वेवेष्टि, Gr.
  • विश् [cf. Gk. οἶκος; Lat. vicus; Lith. vëszĕti; Slav. vĭsĭ; Goth. weihs; Angl.Sax. wîc; Germ. wîch, Weich-bild.]
  • वि/श् f. (m. only, L.; nom. sg. वि/ट्; loc. pl. विक्षु/) a settlement, homestead, house, dwelling (विश/स् प/ति ‘lord of the house’ applied to Agni and Indra), RV.
  • (also pl.) a community, tribe, race (pl. also ‘subjects’, ‘people’, ‘troops’), RV.; AV.; VS.; Br.; MBh.; BhP.
  • (sg. and pl.) the people κατ᾽ ἐξοχήν, (in the sense of those who settle on the soil; sg. also ‘a man of the third caste’, a Vaiśya; विशाम् with पतिः or नाथः or ईश्वरः &c., ‘lord of the people’, a king, sovereign), ŚBr. &c. &c.
  • with साम N. of a Sāman
  • (pl.) property, wealth, BhP.
  • entrance, L.
  • वि/श् mf. a man in general, person, L.
  • वि/श् fn. feces, L. (w.r. for विष्).

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1890)

  • विश् 6 P. (विशति, विवेश, अविक्षत्, वेक्ष्यति, वेष्टुं, विष्ट)
    1 To enter, go or enter into; विवेश कश्चिज्जटिलस्तपोवनं Ku. 5. 30; R. 6. 10, Me. 102; Bg. 11. 29; so दोलायमानेत चेतसा विंतां विवेश K. 199 ‘fell a-thinking’.
    2 To go or come to, come into the possession of, fall to the share of; उपदा विविशुः शश्वन्नात्सेकाः कोशलेश्वरं R. 4. 70.
    3 To sit or settle down upon.
    4 To penetrate, pervade.
    5 To enter upon, undertake.
    — Caus. (वेशयति-ते) To cause to enter.
    — Desid. (विपिक्षति) To wish to enter.
  • विश् m.
    1 A man of the third caste, a Vaiśya.
    2 A man in general.
    3 People.
    — f.
    1 People, subjects.
    2 A daughter.
    3 Ved. Entrance.
    4 A family, tribe, race.
    Comp.
    — पण्यं goods, merchandise.
    — पतिः (also विशांपतिः)
    1 a king, lord of subjects.
    2 a son-in-law.
    3 a head-merchant.