Sthavishtha, Sthaviṣṭha: 7 definitions
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Sthavishtha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Sthavishtha has 6 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Sthaviṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Sthavistha or Sthavishtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSthaviṣṭha (स्थविष्ठ):—superl. zu sthūra, sthūla dick, grob, dicht [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 4, 156.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 7, 56.] [Amarakoṣa 3, 2, 61.] stha, madhyama, aṇiṣṭha [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 2, 5, 5, 2.] [Kāṭhaka-Recension 25, 7.] (retaḥ) madhyaṃ striyai prāpya sthaviṣṭhaṃ bhavati [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 6, 9.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Brāhmaṇa 28, 9.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 8, 2, 4, 19.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 15, 3, 42.] dhātu [Chāndogyopaniṣad 6, 5, 1. fgg.] [MAITRYUP. 2, 6.] tanū [6, 6.] (nārāyaṇam) aṇīyasāmaṇīyāṃsaṃ sthaviṣṭhaṃ ca sthavīyasām [Mahābhārata 12, 1612. 13, 6955.] [Harivaṃśa 14119.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 1, 24. 38. 4, 9, 13. 5, 26, 38. 11, 12, 17. 12, 2, 22. 9, 11.] [PAÑCAR. 4, 8, 67.]
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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The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 35 - Śiva-sahasranāma: the thousand names of Śiva < [Section 4 - Koṭirudra-Saṃhitā]
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
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