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Results for आदिष्टिन्

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

आदिष्टिन्ādiṣṭina.One who gives orders. m. (अस्त्यर्थे इनि).
1. One who gives orders. Masculine (अस्त्यर्थे इनि).
2. A Brāhmaṇa in the first order of his life; pupil, student (ब्रह्मचारिन्); आदिष्टिनो ये राजेन्द्र ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः Mb.13.22.17.
3. A penitent, one engaged in any expiatory rite; आदिष्टी नोदकं कुर्यादावृतस्य समापनात् Ms.5.88.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

आदिष्टिन्ādiṣṭinm. one who receives (religious) instruction, a student, Bra1hman Brahman in the first order of his life Mn. v…
1. masculine gender one who receives (religious) instruction, a student, Bra1hman Brahman in the first order of his life Mn. v, 88 MBh.
2. masculine gender one who gives instruction Lexicographers
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