Dantaveshta, Dantaveṣṭa, Danta-veshta, Damtaveshta: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Dantaveṣṭa can be transliterated into English as Dantavesta or Dantaveshta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDantaveṣṭa (दन्तवेष्ट).—
1) the gums; Y.3.96.
2) a ring round the tusk of an elephant; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 7.9.19.
3) a tumor of the gums.
Derivable forms: dantaveṣṭaḥ (दन्तवेष्टः).
Dantaveṣṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms danta and veṣṭa (वेष्ट).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDantaveṣṭa (दन्तवेष्ट).—m.
(-ṣṭaḥ) The gums. E. danta, and veṣṭa what incloses.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDantaveṣṭa (दन्तवेष्ट).—m. 1. the gum, the jaw, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 3, 96. 2. a disease of the teeth, [Suśruta] 1, 93, 5.
Dantaveṣṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms danta and veṣṭa (वेष्ट).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDantaveṣṭa (दन्तवेष्ट).—[masculine] the gums (also [dual]).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Dantaveṣṭa (दन्तवेष्ट):—[=danta-veṣṭa] [from danta] n. = tana, [Mahābhārata vii, 3639]
2) [v.s. ...] the gums, [Yājñavalkya iii, 96] ([dual number] ‘the gums of the upper and lower jaw’), [Mahābhārata vii f.] (of an elephant), [Suśruta i, 5; ii, 16], tumour of the gums, [i, 23 and 25; ii, 16, 15.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDantaveṣṭa (दन्तवेष्ट):—[danta-veṣṭa] (ṣṭaḥ) 1. m. The gums.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusDaṃtavēṣṭa (ದಂತವೇಷ್ಟ):—[noun] a disease of teeth, characterised by bleeding and bad breath.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Veshta, Danta.
Starts with: Dantaveshtaka, Dantaveshtana.
Full-text: Dantaveshtaka.
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