vána n. (once m. R. v, 50, 2

• for 2. See p. 919, col. 1) a forest, wood, grove, thicket, quantity of lotuses or other plants growing in a thick cluster (but in older language also applied to a single tree) RV. &c. &c

• plenty, abundance R. Kathās

• a foreign or distant land RV. vii, 1, 19 (cf. araṇya)

• wood, timber RV

• a wooden vessel or barrel (for the Soma juice) RV. (?)

• a cloud (as the vessel in the sky) ib

• (prob.) the body of a carriage RV. viii, 34, 18

• water Naigh. i, 12

• a fountain, spring L

• abode Nalôd

• Cyperus Rotundus VarBṛS

• = raśrmi, a ray of light Naigh. i, 4

• (prob.) longing, earnest desire KenUp

• m. N. of a son of Uśīnara BhP

• of one of the 10 orders of mendicants founded by Śamkarâcārya (the members of which affix vana to their names, cf. rārmêndra-v○) W

• (ā), f. the piece of wood used for kindling fire by attrition (= araṇi, q.v

• sometimes personified) RV. iii, 13

• (ī), f. a wood, forest Sāh