वषट् [ vaṣaṭ ] [ váṣaṭ ] ind. (accord. to some fr. √ 1. [ vah ] ; cf. 2. [ vaṭ ] and [ vauṣaṭ ] ) an exclamation uttered by the Hotṛi priest at the end of the sacrificial verse (on hearing which the Adhvaryu priest casts the oblation offered to the deity into the fire ; it is joined with a dat. e.g. [ pūṣṇe vaṣaṭ ] ; with √ [ kṛ ] , " to utter the exclamation [ vaṣaṭ ] " ) Lit. RV. Lit. VS. Lit. Br. Lit. ŚrS. Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. Lit. Pur.