○s-páti (vanas-), m. (vanas prob. a form of the gen

• 2. van and ráithas-páti), king of the wood', foresttree (esp. a large tree bearing fruit apparently without blossoms, as several species of the fig, the jack tree &c., but also applied to any tree) RV. &c. &c. [Page 918, Column 2]

• a stem, trunk, beam, timber, post (esp. the sacrificial post) RV. VS. Br

• 'lord of plants', the Soma plant ib. GṛS. BhP

• the Indian fig-tree L

• Bignonia Suaveolens L

• an offering made to the sacrificial post ŚBr. ŚrS

• anything made of wood (esp. partic. parts of a car or carriage, a wooden drum, a wooden amulet, a block on which criminals are executed, a coffin &c.) RV. AV. VS

• an ascetic W

• N. of Vishṇu Vishṇ

• of a son of Ghṛitaprishṭha BhP

• du. pestle and mortar RV. i, 28, 6

• f. N. of a Gandharvii Kāraṇḍ

• n. N. of the Varsha ruled by Vanas-pati BhP

• -kāya m. the whole body or world of plants L

• -yâga m. and -sava m. N. of partic. sacrificial rites Vait