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Results for अतट

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अतटataṭaa.Having no shore or beach; +precipitate, steep

    [न. ब.]

    Having no shore or beach; Plusprecipitate, steep

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -टः

      1. A precipice, a steep crag.
      2. Name of a hill.
      3. The lower part of the earth. -Comp -प्रपातः a steep precipice; a fall headlong form a precipice; a precipitate fall; मनोरथानामतटप्रपातः Ś.6.1. of my hopes there is a precipitate fall. (Some read the line -as मनोरथा नाम तटप्रपातः and take it to mean 'verily our desires are like the crumblings of river banks'.)

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अतटataṭa[a-tata] m. precipice, abyss.

    [a-tata] masculine precipice, abyss.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अतटataṭamfn. having no beach or shore, precipitous S3a1k.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having no beach or shore, precipitous S3a1k.
    2. masculine gender a precipice
    3. masculine gender the third hell
    4. masculine gender confer, compare अतल .