विश् [ viś ] [ ví ś ]2 f. (m. only Lit. L. ; nom. sg. [ ví ṭ ] ; loc. pl. [ vikṣú ] ) a settlement , homestead , house , dwelling ( [ viśás páti ] " lord of the house " applied to Agni and Indra) Lit. RV.

  ( also pl.) a community , tribe , race (pl. also " subjects " , " people " , " troops " ) Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit. VS. Lit. Br. Lit. MBh. Lit. BhP.

  ( sg. and pl.) the people 1 , 2 , (in the sense of those who settle on the soil ; sg. also " a man of the third caste " , a Vaiśya ; [ viśām ] with [ patiḥ ] or [ nāthaḥ ] or [ īśvaraḥ ] , " lord of the people " , a king , sovereign) Lit. ŚBr.

  with [ sāma ] N. of a Sāman

  (pl.) property , wealth Lit. BhP.

  entrance Lit. L.

  [ viś ] mf. a man in general , person Lit. L.

  fn. feces Lit. L. (w.r. for [ viṣ ] ) .