Bitana, Bitānā: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary1) Bitānā (बिताना):—(v) to spend, to pass (time).
2) Bītanā (बीतना) [Also spelled bitna]:—(v) to pass; to be spent (as time); to elapse; to expire; to befall/happen/occur; [bīta gaī so bāta gaī, bītī tāhi bisāra de] let the past bury its dead, let bygones be bygones; [bītā vakta phira hātha nahīṃ ātā] time and tide wait for no man, an occasion lost cannot be redeemed; forgive and forget; [bīte dinoṃ kī yāda satānā] to sigh for the flashpots of Egypt, to hanker for the charming past.
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Ends with: Durudumbitana, Gabbitana.
Full-text: Muhurtta, Karavata, Karvat, Accha, Bitna, Sira, Shir.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 2.248 < [Section XXXI - Acquiring of Learning from the Lowest]
The civilization of Babylonia and Assyria (by Morris Jastrow)
Part IX < [Chapter VIII - Specimens Of Babylonian And Assyrian Literature]