तटtaṭaA slope, declivity, precipice.
[तट्-अच्]
- A slope, declivity, precipice.
- The sky or horizon.
- An epithet of Śiva. टः, टा, टी, टम् The shore or bank, declivity, slope; शीलं शैलतटात् पततु Bh.2.39; प्रोत्तुङ्गचिन्तातटी Bh.3.45.; सिन्धो- स्तटावोघ इव प्रवृद्धः Ku.3.6; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)3.8; उच्चारणात् पक्षिगणस्तटी- स्तम् Śi.4.18.
- A term applied to certain parts of the body which have, as it were, sloping sides; पद्मापयोधर- तटीपरिरम्भलग्न Gīt.1; नो लुप्तं सखि चन्दनं स्तनतटे Ś. Til.7; so जघनतट, कटितट, श्रोणीतट, कुचतट, कण्ठतट, ललाटतट etc.
Derived forms and compounds
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-टम् A field.
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-आघातः butting, striking against a bank of declivity; अभ्यस्यन्ति तटाघातं निर्जितैरावता गजाः Ku.2.5.
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-द्रुमः a tree standing on the shore.
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-भू the shore; आसीना तटभुवि सस्मितेन भर्त्रा Śi.8.19.
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-स्थ
- Adjective
- (Literal) situated on a bank or declivity.
- (Figurative) standing aloof, neutral, indifferent, alien, passive; तटस्थः स्वानर्थान् घटयति च मौनं च भजते Māl.1.14; तटस्थं नैराश्यात् Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)3.13; मया तटस्थस्त्वमुपद्रुतोसि Name3.55. (where तटस्थ has sense 1 also). (-स्थः) an indifferent person, one neither a friend nor a foe. (-स्थम्) that property or लक्षण of a thing which is distinct from its nature, and yet is the property by which it is known; Exempli gratia, for example गन्धवत्त्व in the case of पृथ्वी.
Source: Apte
