Abhinishtana, Abhiniṣṭāna: 6 definitions

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Abhinishtana has 4 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Abhiniṣṭāna can be transliterated into English as Abhinistana or Abhinishtana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Abhiniṣṭāna (अभिनिष्टान):—(von stan mit abhi + nis) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 3, 86.] m.

1) ein verklingender Laut: visarjanīyo bhiniṣṭānaḥ [Prātiśākha zum Atharvaveda 1, 42.] —

2) der Visarga [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 228.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 5, 24.] [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 230.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 3, 86, Scholiast] nāma cāsmai dadyurghoṣavadādyantarantasthamabhineṣṭānāntam [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1, 15.] [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 1, 17.] in [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 7, 532.] —

3) Buchstab [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher, Scholiast] — An mehreren Orten mit ṣṭha statt ṣṭa; vgl. abhinistāna .

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Abhinistāna (अभिनिस्तान):—= abhiniṣṭāna [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 3, 86.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Abhiniṣṭāna (अभिनिष्टान):—m. Endlaut , insbes. Endvocal und Visarga.

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Abhinistāna (अभिनिस्तान):—m. = abhiniṣṭāna.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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