WÁGHYA: Name of a deity; a male child offered to the god Khandoba.
WÁMAN-DWÁDASHI: The twelfth day of the bright half of Bhádrapad.
WÁNI: A trader; a, general name for all castes of traders i.e., banyas.
WÁNPRASTA: A Bráhman in the third order of his life; a hermit in general.
WÁRUL: An ant-hill.
WATA: The Banyan tree.
WATA-PAURNIMA: The fall moon day of Jyeshtha.
WUDA: Incense.