वनस्पति [ vanaspati ] [ vana-s-páti ] m. ( [ vanas- ] ) ( [ vanas ] prob. a form of the gen. ; cf. 2. [ van ] and [ ráthas-páti ] ) " king of the wood " a , forest-tree (esp. a large tree bearing fruit apparently without blossoms , as several species of the fig , the jack tree , but also applied to any tree) Lit. RV. ( 918,1 )

   a stem , trunk , beam , timber , post (esp. the sacrificial post) Lit. RV. Lit. VS. Lit. Br.

   " lord of plants " , the Soma plant Lit. ib. Lit. GṛS. Lit. BhP.

   the Indian fig-tree Lit. L.

   Bignonia Suaveolens Lit. L.

   an offering made to the sacrificial post Lit. ŚBr. Lit. ŚrS.

   anything made of wood (esp. partic. parts of a car or carriage , a wooden drum , a wooden amulet , a block on which criminals are executed , a coffin ) Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit. VS.

   an ascetic Lit. W.

   N. of Vishṇu Lit. Vishṇ.

   of a son of Ghṛita-pṛishṭha Lit. BhP.

   du. pestle and mortar Lit. RV. i , 28 , 6

   [ vanaspati ] f. N. of a Gandharvī Lit. Kāraṇḍ.

   n. N. of the Varsha ruled by Vanas-pati Lit. BhP.