Agnishtha, Agniṣṭha, Agni-shtha: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Agniṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Agnistha or Agnishtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryAgniṣṭhā.—(SITI), firewood. Note: agniṣṭhā is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAgniṣṭha (अग्निष्ठ).—
1) kitchen; अग्निष्ठेष्वग्निशालासु (agniṣṭheṣvagniśālāsu) Rām.6.1.16.
2) a fire-pan.
Derivable forms: agniṣṭham (अग्निष्ठम्).
Agniṣṭha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agni and ṣṭha (ष्ठ).
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Agnistha (अग्निस्थ).—a. (ṣṭha) [अग्नौ स्थातुमर्हति (agnau sthātumarhati); स्था-क षत्वम् (sthā-ka ṣatvam)] placed in, over, or near the fire. (ṣṭhaḥ) an iron frying-pan; in the अश्वमेध (aśvamedha) sacrifice the 11th Yūpa which of all the 21 is nearest the fire.
Agnistha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agni and stha (स्थ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAgniṣṭha (अग्निष्ठ).—n.
(-ṣṭhaṃ) An iron frying-pan. mfn.
(-ṣṭhaḥ-ṣṭhā-ṣṭhaṃ) Placed in or on fire. E. agni and ṣṭha what stays or remains, from sthā to stand.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Agniṣṭha (अग्निष्ठ):—[=agni-ṣṭha] [from agni] mfn. placed in, or over, near the fire
2) [v.s. ...] m. a pan, fire-pan, [Rāmāyaṇa] (cf. -ṣṭhikā)
3) [v.s. ...] a vehicle carrying the fire, [Āpastamba-śrauta-sūtra]
4) [v.s. ...] (in the Aśvamedha sacrifice) the eleventh Yūpa or sacrificial post, which (of all the twenty-one) is nearest the fire, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
5) Agniṣṭhā (अग्निष्ठा):—[=agni-ṣṭhā] [from agni-ṣṭha > agni] f. that corner of the sacrificial post which (of all the eight) is nearest the fire, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAgniṣṭha (अग्निष्ठ):—[tatpurusha compound] I. m. f. n.
(-ṣṭhaḥ-ṣṭhā-ṣṭham) Placed in, on or by the fire. Ii. m.
(-ṣṭhaḥ) 1) An iron frying pan.
2) The eleventh yūpa or sacrificial post of the 21 posts in the Aśvamedha sacrifice, that post to which the seventeen animals are tied. Iii. f.
(-ṣṭhā) That corner of the eight corners of the yūpa or sacrificial post which is near the fire. E. agni and stha.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAgniṣṭha (अग्निष्ठ):—[agni-ṣṭha] (ṣṭhaṃ) 1. n. An iron fryingpan.
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Partial matches: Stha, Agni, Ani.
Starts with: Agnishthage.
Full-text: Agnishthika, Akkinishtai, Anyatahsitirandhra, Anyatahsitibahu, Stha.
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