Tvashti, Tvaṣṭi: 9 definitions
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Tvashti has 7 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Tvaṣṭi can be transliterated into English as Tvasti or Tvashti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchTvaṣṭi (त्वष्टि):—(wie eben) f. Zimmerhandwerk [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 48.]
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Tvāṣṭī (त्वाष्टी):—f. Beiname der Durgā: tuṣa tuṣṭau smṛto dhātustasya tuṣṭī nipātane . sṛjatyeṣā prajāstuṣṭī tvāṣṭī (tvaṣṭrī?) tena prakīrtitā .. [Devīpurāṇa 45.] [Śabdakalpadruma]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungTvaṣṭi (त्वष्टि):—f. Zimmerhandwerk.
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Tvāṣṭī (त्वाष्टी):—(!) Beiname der Durgā.
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Starts with: Tvashtimant, Tvashtimati.
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Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 3.14.544 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (14): Vṛtti-samuddeśa (On Ccomplex Formation)]
Verse 3.14.280 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (14): Vṛtti-samuddeśa (On Ccomplex Formation)]
The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 376 < [Chapter 8 - Examination of the Doctrine of the Permanence of Things]