vasati
Vasati1
to clothe. pp.; vuttha1. Caus. vāseti: see ni˚ See also vāsana1 & vāsana1.
vas1; to Idg. *ṷes, cp. Gr. ε ̓́ννυμι to clothe, Sk. vasman cover, Goth. wasjan clothe, wasti dress; Lat vestis = E. vest etc.; Dhtp.628 (& Dhtm.870): acchādane
Vasati2
to live, dwell, stay, abide; to spend time (esp. with vassaṃ the rainy season); trs. to keep, observe live, practise Snp.469 sq., Snp.1088 (= saṃvasati āvasati parivasati Cnd.558); Pv-a.3, Pv-a.12, Pv-a.78 (imper. vasatha). uposathaṃ vasaṃ (ppr.) keeping the Sunday Ja.vi.232 brahmacariyaṃ v. to live a chaste life MN.i.515 (cp. same expression Ait. Br. 5, 13; Śat. Br. 12, 2, 2; 13, 8. 22)-ppr. vasanto Pv-a.75, Pv-a.76; ppr. med. vasamāna Ja.i.21, Ja.i.236, Ja.i.291; Pv-a.117; Pot. vaseyya MN.i.515; Pv.ii.9#7 (ghare), & vase Mil.372
aor vasi Snp.977; Ja.iv.317 (piya-saṃvāsaṃ); Pv-a.111; Mhvs.1, Mhvs.13 (vasī vasi); Mhvs.5, Mhvs.229
ger vasitvā Ja.i.278; Ja.iv.317; Pv-a.13 grd. vasitabba Snp.678; Pv-a.42; & vatthabba Mhvs.3 Mhvs.12;
inf. vatthuṃ Thig.414, & vasituṃ Pv-a.12, Pv-a.112. fut vasissati [= Sk. vasiṣyati] Mhvs.14, Mhvs.26; Pv-a.12; and (older) vacchati [= Sk. vatsyati] Vin.i.60; Thig.294; Ja.iv.217; 1st sg. vacchāmi Ja.v.467 (na te v. santike), Ja.vi.523, Ja.vi.524, & vacchaṃ Thig.414
pass vussati [Sk uṣyate] MN.i.147 (brahmacariyaṃ v.)
pp vasita vusita [= vi + uṣita], vuttha [perhaps = vi + uṣṭa], q.v.
caus 1 vāseti to cause to live, stay or dwell; to make live; to preserve (opp. nāseti at SN.iv.248) Vin.iii.140; SN.iv.248; Mil.211; Pv-a.160 (inf. vāsetuṃ); see also vāseti2
caus 2 vasāpeti (cp. adhivāsāpeti) to make live or spend, to cause to dwell, to detain Ja.i.290; Ja.ii.27; Pv-a.20 (vassaṃ)
pp vāsita
■ See also adhi˚, ā˚ ni˚, pari˚.
vas2; Idg. *ṷes to stay, abide; cp. Av. varəhaiti; Lat. Vesta the goddess of the hearth = Gr. ἑστία hearth Goth. wisan to stay, remain, be (= Ohg. wesan, E. was were); Oicel. vist to stay, Oir. foss rest
■ Dhtm.470 kanti-nivāsesu
Vasati3
feminine a dwelling, abode, residence Ja.vi.292 (rāja˚ = rāja-paricariyā C.); Mil.372 (rājavasatiṃ vase); Dāvs iv.27 (saka˚).
fr. vas2, cp. Vedic vasati