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Results for नेष्टु

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Apte Dictionary

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

नेष्टुneṣṭuA clod of earth; यथा महार्णवे क्षिप्तः क्षिप्रं नेष्टुर्विनश्यति (v. l. for लेष्टुः) Mb.13.22.11.

A clod of earth; यथा महार्णवे क्षिप्तः क्षिप्रं नेष्टुर्विनश्यति (Vartious reading for लेष्टुः) Mb.13.22.11.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

नेष्टुneṣṭum. a lump of earth or clay, a clod MBh. xiii, 1541 Ni1lak. (perhaps w.r. for लोष्टु, लोष्ट).

masculine gender a lump of earth or clay, a clod MBh. xiii, 1541 Ni1lak. (perhaps wrong reading for लोष्टु, लोष्ट).

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