Abhishtava, Abhiṣṭava: 6 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Abhiṣṭava can be transliterated into English as Abhistava or Abhishtava, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abhiṣṭava (अभिष्टव).—Praise, eulogy; देवा ब्रह्मादयः सर्वे उपतस्थुरभिष्टवैः (devā brahmādayaḥ sarve upatasthurabhiṣṭavaiḥ) Bhāgavata 4.1.55.

Derivable forms: abhiṣṭavaḥ (अभिष्टवः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhiṣṭava (अभिष्टव).—i. e. abhi-stu + a, m. Praise.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Abhiṣṭava (अभिष्टव):—[=abhi-ṣṭava] a See abhi-ṣṭu.

2) [=abhi-ṣṭava] [from abhi-ṣṭu] b m. praise, eulogy, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhiṣṭava (अभिष्टव):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-vaḥ) Praise, encomium; e. g. Rāmāy.: śuśrāva rāmaḥ śataśo vācaḥ paurajaneritāḥ . ātmābhiṣṭavasaṃyuktāḥ puṇyaśravaṇakīrtanāḥ; or rāmābhiṣṭavasaṃyuktāḥ kathāścakrurmitho janāḥ; or Mahīdhara (on Vājas.: anuṣṭuptebhigaraḥ): abhigaraḥ . abhiṣṭava ityarthaḥ. E. stu with abhi, kṛt aff. ap.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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