vaSa
vaśa , m. ; app. as an extension of the Skt. use of vaśena, -vaśāt, on account of, for the sake of, by reason of (so very often BHS , e.g. vaineya-vaśena, for the sake or purpose of conversion , SP 319.1 ; Mv i.238.8 ; 307.9 ; 312.5 ), we have first a periphrasis of -vaśena by -vaśam upādāya, SP 320.4 ; Gv 206.5 , see s.v. upādāya (1d), adopting the purpose of … ; so that vaśa seems to acquire a mg. (for which I have found no exact parallel elsewhere) basis, motivation, (controlling) motive , as in: sa imam arthavaśaṃ saṃpaśyan Śikṣ 22.3 , he, perceiving this basis (motivation) of (his) aim , i.e. perceiving that the processes just described have their aim thus based or motivated.