वट [ vaṭa ] [ vaṭa ] m. ( perhaps Prākṛit for [ vṛta ] , " surrounded , covered " ; cf. [ nyag-rodha ] ) the Banyan or Indian fig. tree (Ficus Indica) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. Lit. RTL. 337 ( also said to be n.)

  a sort of bird Lit. BhP.

  a small shell , the Cypraea Moneta or cowry Lit. L.

  a pawn (in chess) Lit. L.

  sulphur Lit. L.

  = [ sāmya ] Lit. L.

  N. of a Tīrtha Lit. Vishṇ.

  of one of Skanda's attendants Lit. MBh.

  the son of a Vaiśya and a Venukī Lit. L. ( also n. and f ( [ ī ] ) .)

  a string , rope , tie Lit. L. ( only [ vaṭa ] ibc. , and [ pañca-v ] , q.v.)

  a small lump , globule = [ vaṭaka ] Lit. ŚārṅgS.

  [ vaṭī ] f. a kind of tree Lit. Rajan.

  ( with [ gā-ḍhā ] ) a partic. position in the game of Catur-aṅga or chess Lit. L.

  a little round ball Lit. L.