vā | वा | vA
vā | वा | f. going
hurting
an arrow
weaving
1. vā | वा | ind. or (excluded, like the Lat. ve, from the first place in a sentence, and generally immediately following, rarely and only m.c. preceding, the word to which it refers), RV. &c. &c. (often used in disjunctive sentences; vā-vā | वा-वा |, ‘either’ — ‘or’, ‘on the one side’ — ‘on the other’; na vā | न वा | — vā | वा | or na | न | — vā | वा |, ‘neither’ — ‘nor’; vā na-vā | वा न-वा |, ‘either not’ — ‘or’; yadi vā-vā | यदि वा-वा |, ‘whether’ — ‘or’; in a sentence containing more than two members vā | वा | is nearly always repeated, although if a negative is in the first clause it need not be so repeated; vā | वा | is sometimes interchangeable with ca | च | and api | अपि |, and is frequently combined with other particles, esp. with aṭa | अट |, aṭo | अटो |, uta | उत |, kim | किम् |, yad | यद् |, yadi | यदि |, q.v. [e.g. aṭa vā | अट वा |, ‘or else’]; it is also sometimes used as an expletive)
either-or not, optionally, KātyŚr.; Mn. &c. (in gram. vā | वा | is used in a rule to denote its being optional, e.g. Pāṇ. i, 2, 13; 35 &c.)
as, like (= iva | इव |), PārGṛ.; MBh. &c.
just, even, indeed, very (= eva | एव |, laying stress on the preceding word), KātyŚr.; Kāv.
but even if, even supposing (followed by a future), Pañc. v, 36/37
however, nevertheless, Bādar.; Bālar.
(after a rel. or interr.) possibly, perhaps, I dare say, MBh.; Kāv. &c. (e.g. kiṃ vā ṣakuntalety asya mātur āKyā | किं वा षकुन्तलेत्य् अस्य मातुर् आKया |, ‘is his mother's name perhaps Śakuntalā?’, Śak. vii, 20/21; ko vā | को वा | or ke vā | के वा | followed by a negative may in such cases be translated by ‘every one, all’ e.g. ke vā na syuḥ pariBava-padaṃ niśPalāram-Ba-yatnāḥ | के वा न स्युः परिBअव-पदं निश्Pअलारम्-Bअ-यत्नाः |, ‘everybody whose efforts are fruitless is an object of contempt’, Megh. 55).
2. vā | वा | cl. 2. P. (Dhātup. xxiv, 42) vā/ti | वा/ति | (pf. vavO | वव्O |, Br.; MBh. &c.; aor. avāsīt | अवासीत् |, Br.; fut. vāsyati | वास्यति |, Megh.; inf. vātum | वातुम् |, Hariv.), to blow (as the wind), RV. &c. &c.; to procure or bestow anything (acc.) by blowing, RV. i, 89, 4; to blow towards or upon (acc.), MBh. xii, 2798; to emit an odour, be diffused (as perfume), ŚBr.; to smell (trans.), Vikr. iv, 41 (v.l.); to hurt, injure, Vop. : Caus. vāpayati | वापयति |, see nir-√ vā | निर्-√ वा | and cf. vājaya | वाजय |: Desid. vivāsati | विवासति | See √ 1. van | वन् |.
vā | वा | [cf. Gk. ἄημι for ϝαημι; Lat. ventus; Slav. vejati; Goth. waian, winds; Germ. wâjan, wæjen, wehen, Wind; Angl.Sax. wâwan; Eng. wind.]
hurting
an arrow
weaving
1. vā | वा | ind. or (excluded, like the Lat. ve, from the first place in a sentence, and generally immediately following, rarely and only m.c. preceding, the word to which it refers), RV. &c. &c. (often used in disjunctive sentences; vā-vā | वा-वा |, ‘either’ — ‘or’, ‘on the one side’ — ‘on the other’; na vā | न वा | — vā | वा | or na | न | — vā | वा |, ‘neither’ — ‘nor’; vā na-vā | वा न-वा |, ‘either not’ — ‘or’; yadi vā-vā | यदि वा-वा |, ‘whether’ — ‘or’; in a sentence containing more than two members vā | वा | is nearly always repeated, although if a negative is in the first clause it need not be so repeated; vā | वा | is sometimes interchangeable with ca | च | and api | अपि |, and is frequently combined with other particles, esp. with aṭa | अट |, aṭo | अटो |, uta | उत |, kim | किम् |, yad | यद् |, yadi | यदि |, q.v. [e.g. aṭa vā | अट वा |, ‘or else’]; it is also sometimes used as an expletive)
either-or not, optionally, KātyŚr.; Mn. &c. (in gram. vā | वा | is used in a rule to denote its being optional, e.g. Pāṇ. i, 2, 13; 35 &c.)
as, like (= iva | इव |), PārGṛ.; MBh. &c.
just, even, indeed, very (= eva | एव |, laying stress on the preceding word), KātyŚr.; Kāv.
but even if, even supposing (followed by a future), Pañc. v, 36/37
however, nevertheless, Bādar.; Bālar.
(after a rel. or interr.) possibly, perhaps, I dare say, MBh.; Kāv. &c. (e.g. kiṃ vā ṣakuntalety asya mātur āKyā | किं वा षकुन्तलेत्य् अस्य मातुर् आKया |, ‘is his mother's name perhaps Śakuntalā?’, Śak. vii, 20/21; ko vā | को वा | or ke vā | के वा | followed by a negative may in such cases be translated by ‘every one, all’ e.g. ke vā na syuḥ pariBava-padaṃ niśPalāram-Ba-yatnāḥ | के वा न स्युः परिBअव-पदं निश्Pअलारम्-Bअ-यत्नाः |, ‘everybody whose efforts are fruitless is an object of contempt’, Megh. 55).
2. vā | वा | cl. 2. P. (Dhātup. xxiv, 42) vā/ti | वा/ति | (pf. vavO | वव्O |, Br.; MBh. &c.; aor. avāsīt | अवासीत् |, Br.; fut. vāsyati | वास्यति |, Megh.; inf. vātum | वातुम् |, Hariv.), to blow (as the wind), RV. &c. &c.; to procure or bestow anything (acc.) by blowing, RV. i, 89, 4; to blow towards or upon (acc.), MBh. xii, 2798; to emit an odour, be diffused (as perfume), ŚBr.; to smell (trans.), Vikr. iv, 41 (v.l.); to hurt, injure, Vop. : Caus. vāpayati | वापयति |, see nir-√ vā | निर्-√ वा | and cf. vājaya | वाजय |: Desid. vivāsati | विवासति | See √ 1. van | वन् |.
vā | वा | [cf. Gk. ἄημι for ϝαημι; Lat. ventus; Slav. vejati; Goth. waian, winds; Germ. wâjan, wæjen, wehen, Wind; Angl.Sax. wâwan; Eng. wind.]