Anasthana, Anāsthāna: 5 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anāsthāna (अनास्थान).—a.

1) Having no fixed seat or site.

2) having or yielding no basic or fulcrum, unfit for a fixed seat (as water); अनारम्भणे तदवीरयेथामनास्थाने अग्रभणे समुद्रे (anārambhaṇe tadavīrayethāmanāsthāne agrabhaṇe samudre) Ṛgveda 1.116.5.

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

Anāsthāna (अनास्थान):—[=an-āsthāna] [from an-āsthā] mfn. having or yielding no basis or fulcrum (as the sea), [Ṛg-veda i, 116, 5.]

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

Anāsthāna (अनास्थान):—[bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.

(-naḥ-nā-nam) Without a fixed site, without a basis or foundation. E. a priv. and āsthāna.

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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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