वश

Nominalized in either the active or the impersonal/passive sense from the root वश् (vaś, “to will; to command; to desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *weḱ-.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́.ɕɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐ.ɕɐ/

वश • (váśa) stem

1. willing
2. submissive; obedient; subdued
3. tamed; enthralled
4. under the influence of; subject to (often in compounds)

   शोकवशः ― śokavaśaḥ ― overwhelmed with sorrow; grief-striken

   स्ववश ― svavaśa ― independent; autonomous

   परवश ― paravaśa ― under the influence of others

वश • (váśa) stem, m or n

1. will; wish; desire
2. authority; power; control; dominion; influence

   वशे कृ ― vaśe kṛ ― "to render someone under control"; to subdue; to win over; to bewitch

• The ablative वशात् (vaśāt) is frequently used adverbially in the sense of "through the force, power, or influence of"; "on account of", "for the purpose of".

• Gandhari: 𐨬𐨭 (vaśa)
• Pali: vasa
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀲 (vasa)
  • Hindi: बस (bas, “power; control; ability”)
• → Old Javanese: waśa
  • Javanese: ꦮꦱ (wasa)
  • → Balinese: ᬯᬰ (wasa, “power, authority”)
• ⇒ Telugu: వశము (vaśamu)

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “वश”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Monier Williams (1899) “Váṡa”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 929/2.