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Apte Dictionary

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

स्थण्डिलम्sthaṇḍilamA piece of ground (levelled, squared and prepared for a sacrifice), an altar; निषेदुषी स्थण्डिल एव केवले…
[स्थल्-इलच् नुक् लस्य डः Tv.]
1. A piece of ground (levelled, squared and prepared for a sacrifice), an altar; निषेदुषी स्थण्डिल एव केवले Ku.5.12; Bhāg.11.11.45.
2. A barren field.
3. A heap of clods.
4. A limit, boundary.
5. A land-mark.
6. A place, ground (as before a house); इह तु स्थण्डिले शीघ्रं कुशानास्तर सारथे Rām.2.111.13.
Derived forms and compounds
- -शायिन् Masculine, also -स्थण्डिलेशयः an ascetic who sleeps on the bareSthandila or sacrificial ground; (मुनयः) आकाशनिलयाश्चैव तथा स्थण्डिलशायिनः Rām.3.6.4.
- -सितकम् an altar.
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