vasaMtaH 1 The spring, vernal season (comprising the two months cEtra and vESAKa ); maDumADavO vasaMtaH Suśr. ; sarvaM priye cArutaraM vasaMte Rs. 6. 2 ; viharati haririha sarasavasaMte Gīt. 1. 2 Spring personified as a deity and regarded as a companion of Kāmadeva; suhfdaH paSya vasaMtakiM sTitaM Ku. 4. 27. 3 Dysentery. 4 Smallpox. 5 (In dramas) A nickname for the Vidūṣaka or buffoon. Comp. — avatAraH the advent or setting in of the spring; vasaMtAvatArasamaye'syA unmAdayitfkaM rUpaM prekzya Ś. 1. — utsavaH the vernal festival, spring-festivities, formerly held on the full-moon day of Chaitra, but now on the full-moon day of Phālguna, and identified with the Holi festival. — kAlaH the spring-tide, vernal season. — Gozin m. a cuckoo. — jA 1 the Vāsantī or Mādhavī creeper. 2 the spring festival; see vasaMtotsava . — tilakaH -kaM the ornament of the spring; PuklaM vasaMtatilakaM tilakaM vanAlyAH Cand. M. 5. — (kaH -kA -kaM) N. of a metre; see App. I. — dUtaH 1 the cuckoo. 2 the month called Chaitra. 3 the musical mode hiMdola . 4 the mango tree. — dUtI the trumpet-flower. — druH, -drumaH the mango tree. — paMcamI the fifth day in the bright half of Māgha. — baMDuH , — yoDaH -saKaH epithets of the god of ( pb ) love.