vaj ( prob. corrupted fr. √ vraj ) cl. 1. P. vajati ( pf. vavAja fut. vajitA &c. Gr. ), to go, Dhātup. vii, 78 : Caus. or cl. 10. P. vAjayati , to prepare the way, to trim or feather an arrow ( mArga- , or mArgaRa-saMskA re ), Dhātup. xxxii, 74 . Another √ vaj or uj , ‘to be hard or strong’, may be inferred from ugra , ojas , vajra , vAja ( qq.vv. ), the last of which gave rise to the Nom. vAjaya , q.v. [For cognate words, see under ugra and ojas .]
vaj I. 1 P. ( vajati ) To go, move, roam about. II. 10 U. ( vAjayati-te ) 1 To trim, prepare. 2 To feather an arrow. 3 To go, move.