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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dravyahasta (द्रव्यहस्त).—a. holding anything in the hand; Manusmṛti 5.143.

Derivable forms: dravyahastaḥ (द्रव्यहस्तः).

Dravyahasta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dravya and hasta (हस्त).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dravyahasta (द्रव्यहस्त).—mfn.

(-staḥ-stā-staṃ) Holding any thing in the hand. E. dravya, and hasta hand.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dravyahasta (द्रव्यहस्त).—[adjective] carrying any object (with the hands).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dravyahasta (द्रव्यहस्त):—[=dravya-hasta] [from dravya > drava] mfn. holding anything in the hand, [Manu-smṛti v, 143.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dravyahasta (द्रव्यहस्त):—[dravya-hasta] (staḥ-stā-staṃ) a. In hand.

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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.

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Partial matches: Dravya, Hasta.

Full-text: Dravya.

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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)

Verse 5.141 < [Section XIII - Purification of Substances]

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