वहति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱহতি (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬳᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• বহতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰮𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀳𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဝဟတိ (Burmese script)
• વહતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਹਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌹𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦲꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂯𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ವಹತಿ (Kannada script)
• វហតិ (Khmer script)
• ວຫຕິ (Lao script)
• വഹതി (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᡥᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘮𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠾᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧎𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐴𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଵହତି (Odia script)
• ꢮꢲꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆲𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖮𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• වහති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑪂𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚩𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• வஹதி (Tamil script)
• వహతి (Telugu script)
• วหติ (Thai script)
• ཝ་ཧ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒯𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨱𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáźʰati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ʰati, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”). Cognate with Latin vehō, Old English wegan (whence English weigh).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́.ɦɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐ.ɦɐ.t̪i/

Verb

वहति • (váhati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type UP, root वह्)

1. to carry, transport, convey (with instr. of vehicle)
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 9.41.28:

     तेन कूलापहारेण मैत्रावरुणिर् औह्यत ।
     उह्यमानश् च तुष्टाव तदा राजन् सरस्वतीम्

     tena kūlāpahāreṇa maitrāvaruṇir auhyata.
     uhyamānaś ca tuṣṭāva tadā rājan sarasvatīm

     Maitrāvaruṇi was carried off along with the submerged bank,
     And as he was being carried, O king, he praised the river Sarasvatī.

2. to lead, conduct (especially offerings to the gods, said of Agni)
3. to bear along (water, said of rivers)
4. to draw (a car), guide (horses etc.)
5. to lead towards, to bring, procure, bestow
6. to cause, effect
7. to offer (a sacrifice)
8. to spread, diffuse (scent)
9. to shed (tears)
10. to carry away, carry off, rob
11. to lead home, take to wife, marry
12. to bear or carry on or with
13. to take or carry with or about one's self, have, possess
14. to wear (clothes)
15. (with शिरस् (śiras)) to bear one's head (उच्चैश्तराम् (uccaiś-tarām, “high”))
16. (with वसुंधराम् (vasuṃdharām) or क्ष्मामण्डालम् (kṣmā-maṇḍālam)) to support i.e. rule the earth
17. (with गर्भम् (garbham)) to be with child
18. to bear, suffer, endure
19. to forbear, forgive, pardon
20. to undergo (with agnim, viṣam, tulām, 'the ordeal of fire, poison, and the balance')
21. to experience, feel
22. to exhibit, show, betray
23. to pay (a fine)
24. to pass, spend (time)
25. (intransitive) to drive, ride, go by or in (with instr. of the vehicle), be borne or carried along, run, swim
26. to draw (scil. a carriage, said of a horse)
27. to blow (as wind)
28. to pass away, elapse
29. to be drawn or borne by (+ instrumental) or along or off

Conjugation

Present: वहति (váhati), वहते (váhate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	वहति váhati	वहतः váhataḥ	वहन्ति váhanti	वहते váhate	वहेते váhete	वहन्ते váhante
Second	वहसि váhasi	वहथः váhathaḥ	वहथ váhatha	वहसे váhase	वहेथे váhethe	वहध्वे váhadhve
First	वहामि váhāmi	वहावः váhāvaḥ	वहामः / वहामसि¹ váhāmaḥ / váhāmasi¹	वहे váhe	वहावहे váhāvahe	वहामहे váhāmahe
Imperative
Third	वहतु váhatu	वहताम् váhatām	वहन्तु váhantu	वहताम् váhatām	वहेताम् váhetām	वहन्ताम् váhantām
Second	वह váha	वहतम् váhatam	वहत váhata	वहस्व váhasva	वहेथाम् váhethām	वहध्वम् váhadhvam
First	वहानि váhāni	वहाव váhāva	वहाम váhāma	वहै váhai	वहावहै váhāvahai	वहामहै váhāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	वहेत् váhet	वहेताम् váhetām	वहेयुः váheyuḥ	वहेत váheta	वहेयाताम् váheyātām	वहेरन् váheran
Second	वहेः váheḥ	वहेतम् váhetam	वहेत váheta	वहेथाः váhethāḥ	वहेयाथाम् váheyāthām	वहेध्वम् váhedhvam
First	वहेयम् váheyam	वहेव váheva	वहेम váhema	वहेय váheya	वहेवहि váhevahi	वहेमहि váhemahi
Subjunctive
Third	वहात् / वहाति váhāt / váhāti	वहातः váhātaḥ	वहान् váhān	वहाते / वहातै váhāte / váhātai	वहैते váhaite	वहन्त / वहान्तै váhanta / váhāntai
Second	वहाः / वहासि váhāḥ / váhāsi	वहाथः váhāthaḥ	वहाथ váhātha	वहासे / वहासै váhāse / váhāsai	वहैथे váhaithe	वहाध्वै váhādhvai
First	वहानि váhāni	वहाव váhāva	वहाम váhāma	वहै váhai	वहावहै váhāvahai	वहामहै váhāmahai
Participles
	वहत् váhat			वहमान váhamāna
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Imperfect: अवहत् (ávahat), अवहत (ávahata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अवहत् ávahat	अवहताम् ávahatām	अवहन् ávahan	अवहत ávahata	अवहेताम् ávahetām	अवहन्त ávahanta
Second	अवहः ávahaḥ	अवहतम् ávahatam	अवहत ávahata	अवहथाः ávahathāḥ	अवहेथाम् ávahethām	अवहध्वम् ávahadhvam
First	अवहम् ávaham	अवहाव ávahāva	अवहाम ávahāma	अवहे ávahe	अवहावहि ávahāvahi	अवहामहि ávahāmahi

Derived terms

• प्रवहति (pravahati)

Descendants

• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: বোৱা (büa)
  • Bengali: বহা (boha)
    • Bengali: বওয়া (bôoẇa)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀳𑀇 (vahaï)
  • Old Marathi: 𑘪𑘮𑘜𑘹 (vahaṇe), 𑘪𑘮𑘰𑘜𑘹 (vahāṇe), 𑘪𑘰𑘜𑘹 (vāṇe), 𑘪𑘰𑘮𑘰𑘜𑘹 (vāhāṇe), 𑘪𑘿𑘮𑘰𑘜𑘹 (vhāṇe)
    • Marathi: वाहणे (vāhṇe)
• Pali: vahati
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀳𑀤𑀺 (vahadi)
  • Hindustani:
    • Hindi: बहना (bahnā)
    • Urdu: بہنا (bahnā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वहति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 933, column 2.