Hastini, Hastinī, Hastiṉi: 11 definitions
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Hastini means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexHastini (हस्तिनि).—A son of Bhadra.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 69. 213.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)Hastinī (हस्तिनी) [=Hastin?] or Hastinikṣīra refers to “milk coming from the elephant”, as mentioned in verse 5.27-28 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] among the (different kinds of milk [viz., payas]), [...] (the milk) of a cow-elephant [viz., hastin] (is) strongly generative of firmness”.
Note: hastinyāḥ—“of a cow-elephant [hastin]”, to which kṣīra “milk” must be supplied from the context, has been made the agent in Tibetan (lit. “by a cow-elephant one is made very firm”), ban-glaṅ-mo-yis being of course a metonymy for ban-glaṅ-moi o-mas.
Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I (ayurveda)Hastinī (हस्तिनी) refers to one of the four categories of ladies, according to the Kokaśāstra, which was rendered in Hindi by Ānanda Kavi as the Kokasāra (dealing with Poetics and Erotics), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—The Kokasāra is a hindi rewriting of the Kokaśāstra, a famous Sanskrit work of the Kāmaśāstra tradition which is characterized, in particular, by the division of ladies in four categories related to their body-marks, namely padminī, citraṇī, śaṅkhanī and hastinī, with which the work starts.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Experience: The Nyingma School of Tibetan BuddhismHastinī (हस्तिनी) refers to one of the four classes of Ḍākinīs (Tibetan: rigs-bzhi mkha’-’gro-ma), according to the Guhyagarbhatattvaviniścayamahātantra and its XIVth Century Tibetan Commentary: Phyogs-bcu munsel (pp. 961-7 and n. 14)..—In this context, the term may refer to ḍākinīs of the four peripheral enlightened families, i.e. the Jewel, Lotus, Action, and Buddha or Vajra families; or to ḍākinīs belonging to four of the six classes, i.e. Padminī, Śaṅkhinī, Mṛginī, Hastinī, Varṇinī and Citriṇī.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
India history and geography
Source: Shodhganga: A translation of Jhaverchand Meghanis non translated folk talesHastini refers to “Hastini is fat woman having crooked fingers, long legs, with a short and fat nape and uneven and thick hair and who walks very clumsily. By nature, she is short tempered”.—It is defined in the glossary attached to the study dealing with Gujarat Folk tales composed by Gujarati poet Jhaverchand Meghani (1896-1947)
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryhastinī (हस्तिनी).—f (S) A female elephant. 2 An individual of one of the four classes into which womankind is distinguished. This class is described as of low stature, corpulent habits, curly hair, dark complexion, libidinous appetites, and furious passions.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishhastinī (हस्तिनी).—f A female elephant. An indivi- dual of one of the four classes of women.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryHastinī (हस्तिनी).—
1) A female elephant.
2) A kind of drug and perfume.
3) A woman of a particular class, one of the four classes into which writers on erotical science divide women (described as having thick lips, thick hips, thick fingers, large breasts, dark complexion, and libidinous appetite); the Ratimañjarī thus describes her:-स्थूलाधरा स्थूलनितम्बबिम्बा स्थूलाङ्गुलिः स्थूलकुचा सुशीला । कामोत्सुका गाढरतिप्रिया च नितान्तभोक्त्री (sthūlādharā sthūlanitambabimbā sthūlāṅguliḥ sthūlakucā suśīlā | kāmotsukā gāḍharatipriyā ca nitāntabhoktrī) (nitamba- kharvā) खलु हस्तिनी स्यात् (khalu hastinī syāt) (kariṇī matā sā) 8.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Hastinī (हस्तिनी):—[from hastin > hasta] f. a female elephant, [Atharva-veda] etc. etc.
2) [v.s. ...] a kind of drug and perfume (= haṭṭa-vilāsinī), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] a woman of a [particular] class (one of the 4 classes into which women are divided, described as having thick lips, thick hips, thick fingers, large breasts, dark complexion, and strong sexual passion), [Siṃhāsana-dvātriṃśikā or vikramāditya-caritra, jaina recension]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of Hastinā-pura, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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 corpusHastini (ಹಸ್ತಿನಿ):—
1) [noun] a female elephant.
2) [noun] a class of women (characterised by thick lips, thick hips etc.).
3) [noun] name of an astral tube, in the body, carrying prāṇa (nerve current).
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)
Starts with: Hastinika, Hastinikashirsha, Hastinikshira, Hastinipura, Hastinishadana, Hastiniyamsa.
Ends with: Ambuhastini, Madahastini, Phalguhastini, Shrihastini.
Full-text (+8): Shrihastini, Shankhini, Astini, Citrini, Phalguhastini, Padmini, Madahastini, Caturvidhajati, Jalakanksha, Nagaraghata, Mitamgama, Katambhara, Samadarshin, Hastinika, Attini, Varnini, Mrigini, Hastin, Kokashastra, Citrani.
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Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 5.18 < [Chapter 5 - Karma-sannyāsa-yoga (Yoga through Renunciation of Action)]
The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XII(a) - The Jātaka of the female elephant (hastin or hastinī) (prose) < [Volume III]
Chapter XII(b) - The Jātaka of the female elephant (hastin or hastinī) (metrical) < [Volume III]
Kamashastra Discourse (Life in Ancient India) (by Nidheesh Kannan B.)
8.3. The Body in Kāmaśāstra < [Chapter 5 - Looking for Alternatives: Possibilities in Kāmaśāstra]
Cidgaganacandrika (study) (by S. Mahalakshmi)
Verse 74 [Śakti Prabhāva] < [Chapter 2 - Second Vimarśa]
The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 3570-3574 < [Chapter 26 - Examination of the ‘Person of Super-normal Vision’]
Kautilya Arthashastra (by R. Shamasastry)
Chapter 31 - The Superintendent of Elephants < [Book 2 - The duties of Government Superintendents]