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Results for विस्तार

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Apte Dictionary

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

विस्तारvistāra1 Spreading, extension, expansion; प्रान्त- विस्तारभाजाम् Māl.1.27.
1. 1 Spreading, extension, expansion; प्रान्त- विस्तारभाजाम् Māl.1.27.
2. Amplitude, breadth; पञ्चयोजन- विस्तारम् Mb.14.58.39; विलोकयन्त्यो वपुरापुरक्ष्णां प्रकाम- विस्तारफलं हरिण्यः R.2.11; तत एव च विस्तारम् Bg.13.3.
3. Expanse, vastness, magnitude; मध्ये श्यामः स्तन इव भुवः शेषविस्तारपाण्डुः Me.18.
4. Details, full particulars; कण्वोऽपि तावच्छ्रुतविस्तारः क्रियताम् Ś.7.
5. The diameter of a circle.
6. A shrub.
7. The branch of a tree with new shoots.
In the Gita13·31

तत एव च विस्तारं ब्रह्म संपद्यते तदा ॥

tata eva ca vistāraṁ brahma saṁpadyate tadā. — When he perceives the diversified existence of beings abiding in the one eternal Being, and spreading forth from it, then he attains to Brahman. 13·31
- विस्तारम्vistāramaccusative singular of the masculine noun vistāra (spreading, extension, expansion, full or detailed description).
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अविस्तारavistāraAbsence of amplification or diffuseness.

Absence of amplification or diffuseness.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

विस्तारvistāra[vi-stâra] m. extension, expansion, extent; detail, detailed enumeration or de scription; -stârana, n.…

[vi-stâra] masculine extension, expansion, extent; detail, detailed enumeration or de scription; -stârana, neuter stretching out (of the feet); -stâr-in, adjective spreading, extensive, broad; -stîrna, perfect passive participle (√strî) extensive, wide, etc.: -karna, adjective extending the ears; broad eared; masculine elephant, -tâ, feminine; also equal for spaciousness; -striti, feminine; also equal for extent; breadth.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

विस्तारvistāram. (ifc. f(आ).; cf. वि-स्तर) spreading, expansion, extent, width MBh. Ka1v. &c.
1. masculine gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).; confer, compare वि-स्तर) spreading, expansion, extent, width MBh. Ka1v. etc.
2. masculine gender becoming large or great (met. said of the heart) Sa1h.
3. masculine gender the breadth of a circle id est its diameter Col.
4. masculine gender specification, detailed enumeration or description Ya1jn5. Sus3r. (एण, diffusely, at length, probably wrong reading for विस्तरेण R. iii, 4, 4)
5. masculine gender the branch of a tree with its new shoots Lexicographers
6. masculine gender a shrub Lexicographers
7. masculine gender the diameter of a circle Lexicographers
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उत्सेधविस्तारतस्utsedhavistāratasind. by altitude and latitude Car.

indeclinable by altitude and latitude Car.

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उदरविस्तारudaravistāram. corpulence, Mr2icch.

masculine gender corpulence, Mr2icch.

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ग्रन्थविस्तारgranthavistāram. diffuseness of style, voluminousness W.

masculine gender diffuseness of style, voluminousness W.

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नक्षत्रकान्तिविस्तारnakṣatrakāntivistāram. the white Ya1vana1la यावनाल flower.

masculine gender the white Ya1vana1la यावनाल flower.

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नातिविस्तारसंकटnātivistārasaṃkaṭamfn. neither too wide nor too narrow Ka1m.
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective neither too wide nor too narrow Ka1m.
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective neither too wide nor too narrow Ka1m.
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प्रकामविस्तारprakāmavistāram. great expansiveness Ragh.

masculine gender great expansiveness Ragh.

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