Asthisthuna, Asthisthūṇa, Asthi-sthuna: 6 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAsthisthūṇa (अस्थिस्थूण).—'having the bones for its pillars', the body; Manusmṛti 6.76.
Derivable forms: asthisthūṇaḥ (अस्थिस्थूणः).
Asthisthūṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms asthi and sthūṇa (स्थूण).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsthisthūṇa (अस्थिस्थूण).—m.
(-ṇaḥ) The body, or that of which the bones are the supporters. E. asthi and sthūṇa a post.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsthisthūṇa (अस्थिस्थूण).—[adjective] having bones for beams (the body).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsthisthūṇa (अस्थिस्थूण):—[=asthi-sthūṇa] [from asthi] mfn. having the bones for its pillars (as the body), [Manu-smṛti vi, 76.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsthisthūṇa (अस्थिस्थूण):—[asthi-sthūṇa] (ṇaḥ) 1. m. The body.
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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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