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vāham

1. vah cl. 1. P. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxiii, 35 ) vahati, te (in later language Ā. only mc. ; Vedic forms which may partly belong to the aor. are vakṣi, voḍham, ḍhām or voam, ām, uhīta, vakṣva, voḍhvam, ūḍhvam, uhāna; pf. uvāha, ūhuḥ; ūhe, RV. &c. &c.; vavāha, hatuḥ, MBh. ; aor. Ved. avākṣīt or avāṭ

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1. ثَه

1. vah cl. 1. P. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxiii, 35 ) vahati, te (in later language Ā. only mc. ; Vedic forms which may partly belong to the aor. are vakṣi, voḍham, ḍhām or voam, ām, uhīta, vakṣva, voḍhvam, ūḍhvam, uhāna; pf. uvāha, ūhuḥ; ūhe, RV. &c. &c.; vavāha, hatuḥ, MBh. ; aor. Ved. avākṣīt or avāṭ Subj. vakṣat, ati, Prec. uhyāt; avakṣi, avoḍha Gr. ; fut. voḍhā, Br. ; vakṣyati, te, AV. &c.; vahiṣyati, MBh. &c.; inf. voḍhum, RV. &c. &c. [ Ved. also ḍhave and ḍhavai]; vāhe, RV. ; vahadhyai, ib. ; ind.p. ūḍhvā, Br. ; uhya, AV. &c. &c.; cf. √ 1. ūh), to carry, transport, convey (with instr. of vehicle), RV. &c. &c.; to lead, conduct ( esp. offerings to the gods, said of Agni ), ib. ; to bear along (water, said of rivers), ib. ; to draw (a car), guide (horses &c.), ib. ; to lead towards, to bring, procure, bestow, Kāv. ; Kathās. ; to cause, effect, BhP. ; to offer (a sacrifice), ib. ; to spread, diffuse (scent), Kathās. ; to shed (tears), BhP. ; to carry away, carry off, rob, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to lead home, take to wife, marry, RV. &c. &c.; to bear or carry on or with ( loc. or instr. ), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to take or carry with or about one's self, have, possess, Kāv. ; Pur. ; Rājat. ; to wear (clothes), Mṛcch. ; (with śiras) to bear one's head (uccaiśtarām, ‘high’), Hariv. ; (with vasuṃdharām or kṣmāmaṇḍālam) to support i.e. rule the earth, Rājat. ; (with garbham) to be with child, Pañcat. ; to bear, suffer, endure, Kāv. ; Pur. ; to forbear, forgive, pardon, BhP. ; to undergo (with agnim, viṣam, tulām, ‘the ordeal of fire, poison, and the balance’), Yājñ. ; to experience, feel, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to exhibit, show, betray, ib. ; to pay (a fine), Yājñ. ; to pass, spend (time), Rājat. ; ( intrans. ) to drive, ride, go by or in (with instr. of the vehicle), be borne or carried along, run, swim &c., RV. &c. &c.; to draw ( scil. a carriage, said of a horse), Mn. viii, 146 ; to blow (as wind), Kāv. ; Sāh. ; to pass away, elapse, Hcar. : Pass. uhyate ( ep. also ti; aor. avāhi), to be carried (uhyamāna, ‘being c˚ ’) &c.; to be drawn or borne by ( instr. ) or along or off, RV. &c. &c.: Caus. vāhayati ( mc. also te; aor. avīvahat; Pass. vāhyate), to cause to bear or carry or convey or draw (with two acc. Pāṇ. i, 4, 52 , Vārtt. 6 Pat. ), drive (a chariot), guide or ride (a horse), propel (a boat), go or travel by any vehicle, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to cause to guide (two acc. ), Vop. ; to cause any one ( acc. ) to carry anything ( acc. ) on ( loc. ), MBh. ; to cause to take in marriage, ib. ; to cause to be conveyed by ( instr. ), Ragh. ; Rājat. ; to traverse (a road), Ragh. ; to accomplish (a journey), Megh. ; to employ, keep going or in work, Mn. iii, 68 ; iv, 86 ; to give, administer (see vāhita); to take in, deceive (see id. ) : Desid. vivakṣati, te Gr. : Intens. vanīvāhyate, to carry hither and thither ( cf. vanīvāhana and vanīvāhita); vāvahīti, to bear (a burden), Subh. ; vāvahyate, vāvoḍhi Gr.

2. ثَه

2. vah ( ifc. ; strong form vāh weak form ūh or uh, which with a preceding a coalesces into au; cf. Pāṇ. iii, 2, 64 ; iv, 1, 61 ) carrying, drawing, bearing, holding ( cf. anaḍuh, apsuvah, indravah &c.).

3. vāh

1. vāh cl. 1. Ā. ( Dhātup. xvi, 44 ) vāhate, to bear down, Car. ( cf. pravāh); to endeavour, make effort, try, Dhātup. : Caus. vāhayati ( cf. under √ 1. vah), to cause to labour or work, use, employ, Bhaṭṭ.

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