Vāsa¹

clothing; adj. (-˚) clothed in Ja.vi.47 (hema-kappana-vāsase).

vas to clothe, see vasati¹

Vāsa²

1. living, sojourn, life Snp.191; Mhvs.17, Mhvs.2 (anātha-vāsaṃ vasati to lead a helpless life); Pv-a.12 (saraagga-vāsaṃ v. live a life of concord); Snp-a.59 (lokantarika˚). Cp. pari˚, saṃ˚.
2. home, house, habitation Snp.40. vāsaṃ kappeti to live (at a place), to make one’s home Ja.i.242; Pv-a.47 Pv-a.100. [vāsaṃ upagacchati](/define/vāsaṃ upagacchati) to enter a habitation (for spending the rainy season) Pv-a.32. In special sense “bed”: see cpd. -ūpagata.
3. state, condition (-˚) in ariya˚ holy state AN.v.29 sq.; brahmacariya˚; chastity Pv-a.61.
4. (adj.) (-˚) staying, living, abiding, spending time Snp.19 (ekaratti˚), Snp.414 (ettha˚). vassa˚; spending Lent Pv-a.20; vuttha˚; having spent Lent Ja.i.183. Cp ante-vāsika-vāsa.

• -attha home success, luck in the house, prosperity AN.ii.59, AN.ii.61 sq.
• -āgāra bedroom Ja.iii.317.
• -ūpagata (a) having entered one’s hut or abode (for the rainy season) Snp.415 (b) gone to bed Pv.ii.12#8; Pv-a.280
• -ghara living room, bedroom Snp-a.28 (= kuṭī).
• -dhura ordinary duty (lit. burden) or responsibility of living or the elementary stages of saintliness Snp-a.194, Snp-a.195 (contrasted to pariyatta-dhura), Snp-a.306 (ganthadhura).

vas to dwell, see vasati²

Vāsa³

perfume Ja.i.242; Ja.vi.42. Vasaka, vasika

cp. Class. Sk. vāsa, e.g. Mālatīm. 148, 4; fr. vā: see vāta