váyas n. (√vii) enjoyment, food, meal, oblation RV. AV. (cf. viiti) [Page 920, Column 3]

• energy (both bodily and mental), strength, health, vigour, power, might RV. AV. VS. (often with bṛhát

• with √dhā and dat. or loc. of pers. 'to bestow vigour or might on')

• vigorous age, youth, prime of life, any period of life, age RV. &c. &c. (sarvāṇi vayāṃsi, animals of any age

• vayasânvita or vayasâtī7ta, aged. old)

• degree, kind (in vayāṃsi pra-brūhi) ŚBr