Hastavarana, Hastavāraṇa, Hasta-varana: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Hastavāraṇa (हस्तवारण).—warding off a blow (with the hand).

Derivable forms: hastavāraṇam (हस्तवारणम्).

Hastavāraṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hasta and vāraṇa (वारण). See also (synonyms): hastadhāraṇa.

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

Hastavāraṇa (हस्तवारण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) Resisting an assault, warding off a blow. E. hasta, vāraṇa prohibiting.

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

Hastavāraṇa (हस्तवारण).—n. resisting an assault.

Hastavāraṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hasta and vāraṇa (वारण).

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

1) Hastavāraṇa (हस्तवारण):—[=hasta-vāraṇa] [from hasta] n. taking or holding by the hand, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] warding off a blow, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Hastavāraṇa (हस्तवारण):—[hasta-vāraṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Resisting an assault.

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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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