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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for विष्टर

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. विष्टरviṣṭara1 A seat (a stool, chair &c.); कुशपूतं प्रवयास्तु विष्टरम् (आददे) R.8.18; वृक्षशाखां स्वयं छित्वा विष्टराय ददौ…
    1. 1 A seat (a stool, chair etc.); कुशपूतं प्रवयास्तु विष्टरम् (आददे) R.8.18; वृक्षशाखां स्वयं छित्वा विष्टराय ददौ मुदा Atmanepada Rām.4.1.32.
    2. A layer, bed (as of Kuśa grass.).
    3. A handful of Kuśa grass.
    4. The seat. of the presiding priest (or Brahman) at a sacrifice.
    5. A tree.
    6. An ascetic seat made of 25 Kuśa grassshoots ('पञ्चाशद्भिर्भवेद् ब्रह्मा तदर्धेन तु विष्टरः'); विष्टरासनयोग्यो हि कालोऽयं मामुपस्थितः Rām.2.2.28.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -भाज् Adjective seated on or occupying a seat; तत्रेश्वरो विष्टरभाग् यथावत् Ku.7.72.

    • -श्रवस् Masculine an epithet of Viṣṇu or Kṛiṣṇa; तं वदन्तमिति विष्टरश्रवाः श्रावयन्नथ समस्तभूभृतः Śi.14.12; Mb.14.14.2.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. विष्टरviṣṭaram. (√स्तृ) anything spread out, a handful of rushes or grass for sitting on (esp. the seat of the presiding…
    1. masculine gender (√स्तृ) anything spread out, a handful of rushes or grass for sitting on (especially the seat of the presiding Bra1hman Brahman at a sacrifice) Gr2S3rS. MBh.
    2. masculine gender a seat made of 25 shoots of Kus3a कुश grass tied up in a sheaf W.
    3. masculine gender a tree Lexicographers
    4. masculine gender Name of a divine being reckoned among the Vis3ve विश्वे Deva1h2 देवाः Hariv.
    5. mn. any seat or couch, chair, stool etc. MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    6. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective Equivalent to वि-स्तर, extensive, wide (?) see compound
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. विष्टरviṣṭara[vi-shtara] m. [strewing: √strî] handful of rushes, grass, etc. for sitting on (S., E.); m. n. seat (C., ord.…

    [vi-shtara] masculine [strewing: √strî] handful of rushes, grass, etc. for sitting on (Sûtra, Epic); masculine neuter seat (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit, ordinary meaning): -sravas, masculine (far-famed), epithet of Vishnu-Krishna.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · विष्टर

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