Sanskrit

Noun

वसति • ‎(vasatí) f

1. staying (especially "overnight"), dwelling, abiding, sojourn

   तिस्रो वसतीर् उषित्वा ‎(tisro vasatīr uṣitvā) — having passed three nights

   vasatiṃ-√kri or √grah — to pass the night, take up one's abode in, + locative

2. a nest
3. a dwelling-place, house, residence, abode or seat of (genitive or compound)
4. (Jainism) a Jain monastery
5. night

Declension

Descendants

• Hindi: बस्ती ‎(bastī) (bastī)
• Urdu: بستی (bastī)

Adjective

वसति • ‎(vasatí)

1. (according to some) dwelling, abiding (with वसाम् ‎(vasām)), fixing one's residence (?)

Declension

Verb

वसति • ‎(vásati) (class-1 P. root √vas)

1. to dwell, live, stop (at a place), stay (especially "overnight" , with or without rātrim or rātrīs) (RV. etc.)
2. to remain, abide with or in (with locative of person; locative or accusative of place, especially with vāsam or vasatim) (ŚBr. etc.)
3. to remain or keep on or continue in any condition

   (with a pp., e.g. with छन्न​ ‎(channa, “to continue to be covered”) (KātyŚr.)

   or with an accusative, with ब्रह्मचर्यम् ‎(brahmacaryam, “to practise chastity”) (AitBr.)

   or with an adv. e.g. with सुखम् ‎(sukham, “to live pleasantly or at ease”)

   with or without दूरतस् ‎(dūratas, “to keep aloof”) (TS. etc.)

4. to have sexual intercourse with (+ locative) (Hariv.)
5. to rest upon (+ locative) (Subh.)
6. to charge or entrust with (+ instrumental) (Hariv.)

External links

• partial conjugation

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0930