Asthanvat: 2 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAsthanvat (अस्थन्वत्).—a.
1) Bony, consisting of bones.
2) vertebrated; अस्थिमतां सहस्रं तु तथानस्थि- मतामनः (asthimatāṃ sahasraṃ tu tathānasthi- matāmanaḥ) Y.3.269.
See also (synonyms): asthimat, asthimaya.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Asthanvat (अस्थन्वत्):—[=asthan-vat] [from asthan > astha] mfn. having bones, bony, [Ṛg-veda i, 164, 4; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa vi]
2) [v.s. ...] vertebrated (as an animal), [Gautama-dharma-śāstra]
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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