Avasathiya, Āvasathīya: 1 definition
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Āvasathīya (आवसथीय):—[from ā-vas] (and āvasathya) mfn. ([Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa iii, 7, 4, 6]) being in a house
2) [v.s. ...] m. ([scilicet] agni) a domestic fire, [Mahābhārata; Vaitāna-sūtra]
3) [v.s. ...] mn. a night’s lodging, dwelling for pupils and ascetics, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] n. establishing or keeping a domestic fire, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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Ends with: Upavasathiya.
Full-text: Avasathya.
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