Vitasta, Vitastā, Vitashta: 17 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVitasta (वितस्त):—1. partic. zur Erklärung von vaitasa. vaitaso vitastaṃ bhavati [Yāska’s Nirukta 3, 21.] upakṣīṇaṃ (also auf tas zurückgeführt) tadbhavati prāganusmaraṇātstriyāḥ [DURGA.]
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Vitasta (वितस्त):—2. = vitasti in trivitasta adj. [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 5, 10, 1.]
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Vitastā (वितस्ता):—(nach [Śāntanācārya’s Phiṭsūtrāṇi 3, 8] auch vitastā) f. Nomen proprium eines Flusses, Hydaspes der Griechen, Bihat heut zu Tage, [Ṛgveda 10,75,5.] [Yāska’s Nirukta.9,26.] [Mahābhārata.2,372.3,5031. 12910.6,324] [?(Viṣṇupurāṇa 181).8,2055. 13,1694. Harivaṃśa 9512. Suśruta.2,169,4. Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 16,27. PRĀYAŚCITTEND. 11,b,4. Kathāsaritsāgara 27,10. 37,54.] dhatte nāma vitasteti vahantī yatra jāhnavī [39, 37. 63, 55.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 103. 163. fg. 4, 391. 5, 88. fgg.] nīlajā sarit [91. 271.6,305.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5,9,18.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 57,17. 74,6.] [Oxforder Handschriften 348,b,] [No. 818.] Davon nom. abstr. tva n. [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 29.]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Vitastadatta, Vitastadri, Vitastakhya, Vitastamahatmya, Vitastamarga, Vitastapuri, Vitastastotra, Vitastatva, Vitastotsava.
Ends with: Trivitasta.
Full-text (+67): Vitastatva, Nilaja, Vitastadatta, Vitastakhya, Vitastamahatmya, Vitastapuri, Vaitasta, Vitattha, Vitastadri, Vitamsa, Pancanada, Vitastotsava, Trigam, Shadipur, Paroshni, Takshashila, Taradatta, Vadhusara, Trivitasta, Palasha.
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The Nilamata Purana (by Dr. Ved Kumari)
River Jhelum -The Goddess Vitasta < [July – September, 2001]
Hymn to Sindhu < [January – March, 1978]
Hymn to Sindhu < [October – December, 1988]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 8b - Oceans, rivers and lakes (found in the Śrīkaṇṭhacarita) < [Chapter IV - Socio-cultural study of the Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
Part 8d - Sites of pilgrimage (found in the Śrīkaṇṭhacarita) < [Chapter IV - Socio-cultural study of the Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
Part 8c - Mountains (found in the Śrīkaṇṭhacarita) < [Chapter IV - Socio-cultural study of the Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
Rivers in Ancient India (study) (by Archana Sarma)
13. The river Vitastā or Jhelum and its present status < [Chapter 6 - Changing trends of the Rivers from Vedic to Purāṇic Age]
3c. The sacred aspect of the river Sarasvatī < [Chapter 5 - Rivers in the Purāṇic Literature]
11. Descriptions of the rivers in the Jambudvīpa < [Chapter 5 - Rivers in the Purāṇic Literature]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 25 - Vitastā, Malada, Maṇimanta, Brahmavālaka etc. < [Section 3 - Svarga-khaṇḍa (section on the heavens)]
Chapter 6 - Bhāratavarṣa: Its Rivers and Regions < [Section 3 - Svarga-khaṇḍa (section on the heavens)]
Chapter 37 - Keeping Awake on Ekādaśī and Dvādaśī < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section CXIX < [Bhagavat-Yana Parva]
Section CXXX < [Tirtha-yatra Parva]
Section IX < [Lokapala Sabhakhayana Parva]
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