vaśaw | वशw | vazaw
va/śaw | व/शw | ind. (accord. to some fr. √ 1. vah | वह् |; cf. 2. vaw | वw | and vOśaw | व्Oशw |) an exclamation uttered by the Hotṛ priest at the end of the sacrificial verse (on hearing which the Adhvaryu priest casts the oblation offered to the deity into the fire; it is joined with a dat., e.g. pūśṛe vaśaw | पूशृए वशw |; with √ kf | क्फ़् |, ‘to utter the exclamation vaśaw | वशw |’), RV.; VS.; Br.; ŚrS.; Mn.; MBh.; Pur.