Vanastha, Vana-stha, Vanasthā: 9 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVanastha (वनस्थ):—
1) adj. im Walde sich aufhaltend, m. ein Waldbewohner [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 137] (= vānaprastha). [Spr. 4621.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 38, 17. 82, 29. 3, 48, 18.] [KĀM. NĪTIS. 2, 38.] [Pañcatantra III, 145.] gaja ein wilder Elephant [Harivaṃśa 8801.] —
2) m. Gazelle [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma] —
3) f. ā eine best. Pflanze, = aśvatthī [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
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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Partial matches: Vana, Sthala, Stha.
Starts with: Vanasthali, Vanasthana, Vanasthayin.
Ends with: Bhavanastha, Brimdavanastha, Savanastha, Vrimdavanastha, Yauvanastha.
Full-text: Vanathalagrama, Vanasthita, Vanasthali, Vanattan, Vanasthi, Atyamlaparni, Ravana, Vinaya, Yati.
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