Vastava, Vāstava, Vāstavā: 12 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVāstava (वास्तव):—(von vastu) adj. (f. ī) wirklich, wahr, real [GOLĀDHY. 3, 53.] [Bālabodhanī 34.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 1, 2. 11, 11, 2.] [PAÑCAR. 1, 14, 49.] [Mallinātha] zu [Śiśupālavadha 3, 51] (Gegens. kṛtrima) . [Scholiast] zu [Kapila 1, 91.] [Kullūka] zu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 9.] [WILSON, SĀṂKHYAK. S. 75.] [KUSUM. 38, 12.] [MUIR, Stenzler IV, 319, Nalopākhyāna 284.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 1, 21, Vārttika von Kātyāyana., Scholiast] yoṣit ein wahres Weib, ein Weib wie es sein soll [PAÑCAR. 1, 14, 112.] a [Nīlakaṇṭha 97.]
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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Starts with: Vastavam, Vastavani, Vastavatva.
Ends with: Avastava, Bhairavastava, Devastava, Kapilavastava, Mallavastava, Paramanandamadhavastava, Sauvastava, Shivastava, Srivastava, Upavastava, Vedasarashivastava, Viraraghavastava.
Full-text (+74): Vastavosha, Avastava, Vastavika, Vastavatva, Vastavam, Sauvastava, Vastushastra, Vastusara, Vastunirmana, Vastuvidhi, Vastushiromani, Vastvya, Vastuprayoga, Vastusamhita, Vastusamgraha, Vastusamuccaya, Vastusanatkumara, Vastupashama, Vastuvidya, Vastupashamana.
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 5 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 7 - Vatula-tantra < [Chapter XXXIV - Literature of Southern Śaivism]
Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
3: The classification of poetic figures < [Chapter 5 - A Comparative study of the different alaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]
5: Alaṃkāra-śāstra according to Rudraṭa (9th century) < [Chapter 2 - The concept of alaṃkāra in Sanskrit Poetics]
18: Definition of Dīpaka Alaṃkāra < [Chapter 4 - Arthālaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]
Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 2 - Alaṃkāra theory and position of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā < [Chapter 4 - Position of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā in Sanskrit Poetics]
Appendix 1 - Ācārya, Kavi and important persons mentioned in the Kāvyamīmāṃsā
Vivekachudamani (by Shankara)
The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 2479 < [Chapter 24b - Arguments against the reliability of the Veda (the Revealed Word)]
Verse 1047 < [Chapter 16 - Examination of the Import of Words]
Verse 1122 < [Chapter 16 - Examination of the Import of Words]
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 3.1.81-82 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (1): Jāti-samuddeśa (On the Universal)]