Dhvasti: 6 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDhvasti (ध्वस्ति).—f. Destruction, ruin, loss.
Derivable forms: dhvastiḥ (ध्वस्तिः).
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Dhvasti (ध्वस्ति).—&c. See under ध्वंस् (dhvaṃs).
See also (synonyms): dhvasta.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDhvasti (ध्वस्ति).—i. e. dhvaṃs + ti, f. One of the four states of a Yogin, that in which all the consequences of actions cease, Mārk. P. 39, 22.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDhvasti (ध्वस्ति).—[feminine] cessation, destruction.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Dhvasti (ध्वस्ति):—[from dhvas] f. ceasing, destruction, [Bālarāmāyaṇa iv. 9]
2) [v.s. ...] cessation of all the consequences of actions (one of the 4 states to which the Yogin attains), [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
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