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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dvāḥstha (द्वाःस्थ).—(dvāḥsthaḥ, dvāsthaḥ, dvāḥsthitaḥ, dvāsthitaḥ) a door-keeper, porter.

Derivable forms: dvāḥsthaḥ (द्वाःस्थः).

Dvāḥstha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dvār and stha (स्थ). See also (synonyms): dvāḥsthita.

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

Dvāḥstha (द्वाःस्थ).—m.

(-sthaḥ) 1. A warder, a porter. 2. Nandi, one of Siva'S doorkeepers. E. dvār a door, and stha who stays; also dvāstha .

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

Dvāḥstha (द्वाःस्थ).—i. e. dvār-stha, I. adj. Standing at the door, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 71, 30. Ii. m. A porter, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 8, 37.

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

Dvāḥstha (द्वाःस्थ).—[adjective] standing at the door; [masculine] door-keeper.

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

1) Dvāḥstha (द्वाःस्थ):—[=dvāḥ-stha] [from dvāḥ] mfn. ([Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature]) standing at the gate or door

2) [v.s. ...] m. door-keeper, porter, warder (written also dvā-sth).

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

Dvāḥstha (द्वाःस्थ):—[dvāḥ-stha] (sthaḥ) 1. m. A warder; Nandī.

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context information

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 corpus

Dvāḥstha (ದ್ವಾಃಸ್ಥ):—[noun] a man who guards the entrance of a building; a doorkeeper.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Dvah, Dvar, Stha.

Full-text: Dvastha, Dvahsthita, Sambhrama.

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