Arishta, Ariṣṭa, Ariṣṭa, Ariṣṭā: 38 definitions
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Arishta has 36 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Ariṣṭa and Ariṣṭa and Ariṣṭā can be transliterated into English as Arista or Arishta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Arisht.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAriṣṭa (अरिष्ट):—
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Ariṣṭa (अरिष्ट):—
1) d) Unglück bringend, verheissend: ariṣṭāni vayāṃsi Unglücksvögel [ADBH. BR.] bei [WEBER, Omina 325.] ariṣṭo nāma hi gavāmariṣṭo dāruṇākṛtiḥ . daityo vṛṣabharūpeṇa goṣṭhānviparidhāvati .. [Harivaṃśa 4105.] —
2) e) in Gestalt eines Stieres [Harivaṃśa 4099. fgg.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 2, 1. 36, 1.] —
3) d) eine Form der Durgā [Oxforder Handschriften 77,a,16.] —
4) a) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 56, 11. 11, 30, 9.] als m.(!): naivāsyāgnirnāriṣṭo (nādityo v. l.) na mṛtyurna dasyavaḥ . prabhavanti [Mahābhārata 12, 6573.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 11, 26.] ariṣṭādhyāya Titel des 6ten Adhyāya in [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka] — b) [Oxforder Handschriften 51,a,27. 122,b,15. 230,b,4. 16.] — c) [Mahābhārata 4, 2126.] = kalyāṇa Schol. Diese Bed. hätte als etym. allein zu rechtfertigende vorangestellt werden müssen. Die Bed. Unheil u. s. w. beruht vielleicht auf einer Verwechselung von ariṣṭa mit aniṣṭa . — g) Name eines Sāman [Weber’s Indische Studien.3,203,b.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAriṣṭa (अरिष्ट):——
1) Adj. (f. ā) — a) unversehrt. — b) unverletzlich. — c) keiner Gefahr ausgesetzt , sicher. — d) (euphem.) Unglück bringend , — verheissend. gṛhottama so v.a. Unglücksgemach [Rāmāyaṇa 2,42,22.] —
2) m. — a) Unheil , Unglück. — b) *Reiher. — c) *Krähe. — d) Sapindus_detergens Roxb. (oder emarginatus ) , Seifenbaum ; Azadirachta_indica A._juss. und *Knoblauch. — e) Liqueur , weinartiges Getränk. — f) Nomen proprium — α) eines in Gestalt eines Stieres auftretenden Asura. — β) eines Mannes [Wilson's Uebersetzung des Viṣṇupurāṇa ,3,240.] diṣṭa v.l. —
3) f. ā — a) Binde , Verband. — b) *eine best. Pflanze. — c) eine Form der Durgā. — d) Nomen proprium einer Tochter Dakṣa’s und Gattin Kaśyapa's. —
4) n. — a) Glück , Heil [Mahābhārata 4,66,22.] [Yogatattvopaniṣad 15.] — b) (euphem.) Unheil , Unglück. — c) ungünstiges Symptom , Anzeichen des Todes. — d) *Gemach einer Wöchnerin. — e) *Buttermilch. — f) *Liqueur. — g) Name eines Sāman.
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Ends with (+10): Abharishta, Abhayarishta, Akshatamarishta, Arjunarishta, Auparishta, Balarishta, Camdrarishta, Dashamularishta, Dharishta, Draksharishta, Drishtarishta, Durarishta, Garishta, Graharishta, Jhinjharishta, Kujanarishta, Maharishta, Malarishta, Mallarishta, Nabhagarishta.
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