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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Antaḥstha (अन्तःस्थ, “intermediate”) refers to “semivowels” in Sanskrit grammar, according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 15.

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Antaḥstha (अन्तःस्थ).—(or अन्तःस्था (antaḥsthā)) f., also writen as अन्तस्थ, अन्तस्था (antastha, antasthā) f., semivowel; cf. अथान्तस्थाः । यिति रिन लिति वितिः (athāntasthāḥ | yiti rina liti vitiḥ); V. Pr. VIII.14-15: cf. चतस्रोन्तस्थाः (catasrontasthāḥ) explained by उव्वट (uvvaṭa) as स्पर्शोषमणामन्तः मध्ये तिष्ठन्तीति अन्तस्थाः (sparśoṣamaṇāmantaḥ madhye tiṣṭhantīti antasthāḥ) R.Pr.I.9, also पराश्चतन्नान्तस्थाः (parāścatannāntasthāḥ) T. Pr. I. 8. The ancient term appears to be अन्तस्थाः (antasthāḥ) f. used in the Prātiśākhya works. The word अन्तःस्थानाम् (antaḥsthānām) occurs twice in the Mahābhāṣya from which it cannot be said whether the word there is अन्तःस्थ (antaḥstha) m. or अन्तःस्था (antaḥsthā) f. The term अन्तस्थ (antastha) or अन्तस्था (antasthā) is explained by the commentators on Kātantra as स्वस्य स्वस्य स्थानस्य अन्ते तिष्ठन्तीति । (svasya svasya sthānasya ante tiṣṭhantīti |)

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Antaḥstha (अन्तःस्थ) refers to the “innermost (feelings)” (of one’s wife), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.35 (“The story of Padmā and Pippalāda”).—Accordingly, as Vasiṣṭha said to Himavat (Himācala): “[...] Once Dharma (Virtue) assumed the guise of a king by his magical power and happened to see on the way that lady of gentle smiles going to the celestial river for her holy dip. The lord Dharma was seated in a beautiful chariot studded with gems. He was bedecked in many kinds of ornaments. He was in the prime of fresh youth, glorious and lustrous like the cupid. On seeing Padmā he spoke thus, in order to know the innermost (antaḥstha) feelings of the sage’s wife”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Antaḥstha (अन्तःस्थ) refers to “(one who is) introverted (through absorption)”, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] [Now], I shall define the nature of that highest, mind-free absorption which arises for those devoted to constant practice. [...] In three days and nights, the Yogin who is introverted (antaḥstha) through absorption [layenāntaḥsthayoginaḥ] spontaneously has the faculty of seeing from afar. [...]”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Antaḥstha (अन्तःस्थ).—a. (also written antaḥstha) being between or in the midst.

-sthaḥ, -sthā a term applied to the semivowels, य्, र्, ल्, व् (y, r, l, v) as standing between vowels and consonants and being formed by a slight contact of the vocal organs (īṣatspṛṣṭaṃ antasthānām); or they are so called because they stand between स्पर्श (sparśa) (ka-ma) letters and ऊष्मन् (ūṣman) (śa, ṣa, sa, ha).

Antaḥstha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms antar and stha (स्थ).

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Antaḥsthā (अन्तःस्था).—

1) a deity of the vital organs.

2) Name of one of the Ṛgveda hymns. °मुद्गरः (mudgaraḥ) the malleus of the ear.

Antaḥsthā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms antar and sthā (स्था).

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

Antaḥstha (अन्तःस्थ).—i. e. an ar-stha (vb. sthā), adj., f. thā, Being in the interior, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 16, 104.

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

Antaḥstha (अन्तःस्थ).—[adjective] being amidst or within ([genetive] or —°).

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Antaḥsthā (अन्तःस्था).—bar the way, obstruct, arrest.

Antaḥsthā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms antar and sthā (स्था).

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

1) Antaḥstha (अन्तःस्थ):—[=antaḥ-stha] [from antaḥ] mfn. (generally written antastha) being in the midst or between, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] mf. a term applied to the semivowels, as standing between the consonants and vowels, [Prātiśākhya] etc.

3) Antaḥsthā (अन्तःस्था):—[=antaḥ-sthā] [from antaḥ-stha > antaḥ] a f. interim, meantime, [Pbr.]

4) [=antaḥ-√sthā] [from antaḥ] b to stand in the way of, stop, [Ṛg-veda]

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

Antaḥstha (अन्तःस्थ):—[tatpurusha compound] I. m. f. n.

(-sthaḥ-sthā-stham) 1) Being amidst, being between, included, comprehended.

2) Being in the interior. Ii. m. plur.

(-sthāḥ) (ved.) An epithet of the avāñcaḥ prāṇāḥ or lower vital organs, viz. of the anus and of the organs of generation (as being amongst the vital organs or prāṇāḥ in general). Iii. f.

(-sthā) 1) (ved.) An epithet of one of the Sāmidhenī-Mantras or verses from the Ṛgveda recited at the kindling of the sacrificial fire, viz. of the Sāmidhenī which begins with the words ‘agniṃ dūtaṃ vṛṇīmahe’, because this Sāmidhenī is amongst the eleven Sāmidhenīs which praise the vital functions, in as much as it praises the madhyamaprāṇa or the vital function on which rest all the other, i. e. the vital energy which resides in the middle of the body.

2) (scil. devatā; ved.) The divinity of the vital organs. [As the meanings Ii. and Iii. 1. 2. are given on the authority of Sāyaṇa’s comm. on the Śatapathabr. I. 4. 3. 8, it will be necessary to quote the latter in full—from two Mss. of the E. I. H. and one of the Bodl.—as a so called Extract from it, which has appeared in print, is apt to mislead the reader completely on the bearing of the word and of the passage itself. The comm. runs thus: ya evoyaṃ madhyamaḥ prāṇa iti . prāṇāpānādipañcavṛttyāśrayabhūto yaḥ kriyāśaktyātmako dehamadhye vasthitaḥ prāṇaḥ . tasya samindhanamagniṃ dūtamityanayā dūto hyagniḥ sarveṣāṃ devānāṃ mukhaṃ ca tathā prāṇepīti (v. 1. prāṇīmīti) . tena samindhanasyopapattiḥ . sā haiṣāntasthetyādi . saiṣāgniṃ dūtaṃ vṛṇīmaha iti sāmidhenī madhyamaprāṇarūpeṇa prāṇāpānādi saṃstuvānānāmanyāsāmṛcāmantasthā (the Mss. saṃstuvānāmaº or v. 1. saṃstutānāmaº) antaravasthitā bhavati . anye hi prāṇāścakṣuḥśrotrādayaḥ . ato’smātprāṇādārabhyordhvāścaranti (v. 1. ºrantīti .) . pāyūpasthayonyonye (the Mss. pāyūpasthayo nye or ºsthayonyo) prāṇāḥ . ato’smānmadhyamātprāṇādevārabhyāvāñcovāṅmukhā antaravasthitā bhavanti . evaṃvedituḥ phalamāha . antasthāmiti . antasthāmantaravasthitāṃ prāṇadevatāmityarthaḥ . ke punarevaṃ (Mss. ºvāṃ) teṣāṃ madhyevāñcontasthāḥ (Mss. sthā) prāṇā (v. 1. prāṇāgrā) iti tāndarśayati (Mss. tāṃ daº) . śociṣkeśastamīmaha (I. 4. 3. 9.) ityādinā ... According to this comm. the word bhavanti (avāñcontasthā ha bhavantyaº) would have moreover to be substituted for bhavati (ººha bhavatyaº) in the presented. of the text, as bhavati would alter the sense materially by disconnecting avāñcaḥ and antasthāḥ.]

3) (In vaidik grammar.) A technical name for the semivowels ya, ra, la, va, (because their position in the system of the grammarians is between the vowels and consonants). [Iv. n.

(-stham) (In modern terminology, with the Mahrattas.) Secret expenditure, sums expended in presents and bribes to official persons.] E. antar and stha. This word is also written, in conformity with a grammatical rule, antastha.

[Sanskrit to German]

Antahstha in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Aṃtaḥstha (ಅಂತಃಸ್ಥ):—[adjective] internal; lying or being within; inherent; immanent.

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Aṃtaḥstha (ಅಂತಃಸ್ಥ):—

1) [noun] (gram.) any of the four Kannaḍa consonants - ಯ, ರ, ಲ [ya, ra, la] la and ವ.

2) [noun] that what one feels to be true; opinion.

3) [noun] the mind.

4) [noun] that which is kept in one’s mind from others; a secret.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Antas, Antah, Stha, Antar.

Starts with: Amtahsthali, Antahsthacchandas, Antahsthachandas, Antahsthamudgara, Antahsthana, Antahsthatva, Antahsthayogin.

Ends with: Antarantahstha, Santahstha, Ushmantahstha.

Full-text (+1): Antastha, Antahsthamudgara, Antahsthachandas, Antarantahstha, Ushmantahstha, Amtastu, Antasthachandas, Amtahstha, Antasthibhava, Antasthiya, Antahsthatva, Santahstha, Introverted, Antargeha, Antargriha, Antarmatrika, Antarbhavana, Purusha, Y, Abhinidhana.

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