vAS cl. 4. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxvi, 54 ) vASyate ( ep. also vASyati , Ved. and ep. also vA/Sati , °te ; pf. vavASe , °Sire ; in RV. also vAvaSre and p. vAvaSAna/ ; aor. avASizwa , Br. ; fut. vASitA , vASizyate Gr. ; inf. vASitum , ib. ; ind.p. vASitvA , -vASya , VarBṛS. ), to roar, howl, bellow, bleat, low (as a cow), cry, shriek, sing (like a bird), sound, resound, RV. &c. &c.: Caus. vASayati ( aor. avavASat , in RV. also avIvaSat , a/vIvaSanta ), to cause to roar or low or resound or thunder, RV. ; ( Ā. ) to roar or sound aloud, ib. : Desid. vivASizate Gr. : Intens. vAvASyate ( v.l. rArASyate , MBh. ), vAvazwi ( impf. aor. a/vAvaSanta , vAvaSanta , avAvaSItAm ; p. vA/vaSat ), to roar or scream or sound aloud, RV. [ vAS is sometimes wrongly written vAs .]
vAS I. 4 A. ( vASyate, vASita ) 1 To roar, cry, scream, shriek, howl; hum (as birds), sound in general; (SivAH) tAM SritAH pratiBayaM vavASire R. 11. 61 , Śi. 18. 75 , 76 ; Bk. 14. 14 , 76. 2 To call.