Vasī˚

is the composition form of vasa in combination with roots kṛ; and bhū, e.g. -kata made dependent, brought into somebody’s power, subject(ed) Thig.295 (= vasavattino katvā, pl.); Snp.154; cp. BSk. vaśīkṛta Jtm.213. See also vasagata -˚katvā having overcome or subjected Snp.561 (= attano vase vattetvā Snp-a.455). Metricausâ as vasiṃ karitvā at Snp.444
■ -bhāva state of having power mastery Cnd.466 (balesu); Pp.14 (in same passage, but reading phalesu), explained at Pp-a 189 (with variant reading SS balesu!) as “ciṇṇa-vasī-bhāva”; Kv.608 (implies balesu); Mil.170. Cp. BSk. bala-vaśī-bhāva Mvu.iii.379. See also ciṇṇa
■ -bhūta having become a master (over), mastering SN.i.132; Mil.319; cp. Mvu.i.47 & Mvu.i.399 vaśībhūta
■ The same change of vasa˚ to vasī˚ we find in combⁿ vasippatta (vasī + ppatta), q. v under vasi˚.