Bisatantu, Bisa-tantu: 5 definitions
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Bisatantu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarybisatantu (बिसतंतु).—m S A common term for the filaments within the stalk of the lotus. 2 The stalk of the lotus.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBisatantu (बिसतन्तु).—the lotus-fibre.
Derivable forms: bisatantuḥ (बिसतन्तुः).
Bisatantu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bisa and tantu (तन्तु).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryBisatantu (बिसतन्तु).—[masculine] the same.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBisatantu (बिसतन्तु):—[=bisa-tantu] [from bisa > vis] m. a l°-fibre, [Mahābhārata]
[Sanskrit to German]
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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Starts with: Bisatantumaya.
Full-text: Bisatantumaya.
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Shat-cakra-nirupana (the six bodily centres) (by Arthur Avalon)
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The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 36 - Lomaśa Narrates the Deeds of Rāma to Āraṇyaka < [Section 5 - Pātāla-Khaṇḍa (Section on the Nether World)]