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Entry विष्टर

विष्टरviṣṭara1 A seat (a stool, chair &c.); कुशपूतं प्रवयास्तु विष्टरम् (आददे) R.8.18; वृक्षशाखां स्वयं छित्वा विष्टराय ददौ…
1. 1 A seat (a stool, chair etc.); कुशपूतं प्रवयास्तु विष्टरम् (आददे) R.8.18; वृक्षशाखां स्वयं छित्वा विष्टराय ददौ मुदा Atmanepada Rām.4.1.32.
2. A layer, bed (as of Kuśa grass.).
3. A handful of Kuśa grass.
4. The seat. of the presiding priest (or Brahman) at a sacrifice.
5. A tree.
6. An ascetic seat made of 25 Kuśa grassshoots ('पञ्चाशद्भिर्भवेद् ब्रह्मा तदर्धेन तु विष्टरः'); विष्टरासनयोग्यो हि कालोऽयं मामुपस्थितः Rām.2.2.28.
Derived forms and compounds
- -भाज् Adjective seated on or occupying a seat; तत्रेश्वरो विष्टरभाग् यथावत् Ku.7.72.
- -श्रवस् Masculine an epithet of Viṣṇu or Kṛiṣṇa; तं वदन्तमिति विष्टरश्रवाः श्रावयन्नथ समस्तभूभृतः Śi.14.12; Mb.14.14.2.
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