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वसंतः (vasaMtaH)

 
Apte 1890
English
वसंतः 1 The spring, vernal season (comprising the two months चैत्र and वैशाख)
मधुमाधवौ वसंतः Suśr.
सर्वं प्रिये चारुतरं वसंते Rs. 6. 2
विहरति हरिरिह सरसवसंते Gīt. 1.
2 Spring personified as a deity and regarded as a companion of Kāmadeva
सुहृदः पश्य वसंतकिं स्थितं Ku. 4. 27.
3 Dysentery.
4 Smallpox.
5 (In dramas) A nickname for the Vidūṣaka or buffoon.
Comp.
अवतारः the advent or setting in of the spring
वसंतावतारसमयेऽस्या उन्मादयितृकं रूपं प्रेक्ष्य Ś. 1.
उत्सवः 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.
कालः the spring-tide, vernal season.
घोषिन् m. a cuckoo.
जा {1} the Vāsantī or Mādhavī creeper. {2} the spring festival
see वसंतोत्सव.
तिलकः
कं the ornament of the spring
फुक्लं वसंततिलकं तिलकं वनाल्याः Cand. M. 5. (
कः
का
कं) N. of a metre
see App. I.
दूतः {1} the cuckoo. {2} the month called Chaitra. {3} the musical mode हिंदोल. {4} the mango tree.
दूती the trumpet-flower.
द्रुः,
द्रुमः the mango tree.
पंचमी the fifth day in the bright half of Māgha.
बंधुः,
योधः
सखः epithets of the god of love.