Heshtha, Heṣṭhā: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Heṣṭhā can be transliterated into English as Hestha or Heshtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryHeṣṭhā (हेष्ठा) or Heṣṭā.—adv. and prep. or postpos. with gen. (= Pali heṭṭhā, Sanskrit adhastāt; see prec. and foll. items; I find no difference in use between these various adverbial forms, all being potentially adv. and prep. or postpos.; Pali has heṭṭhā and heṭṭhato = heṣṭato, with the abl. suffix; AMg. has also heṭṭhi = heṣṭi, heṣṭe; compare also 2 heṭhā, heṭhe; the [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] spelling with ṣṭ, rarely also ṣṭh, is hyper-Sanskrit for the MIndic forms), below, underneath: as adverb, Mahāvastu i.15.16 (verse) heṣṭā upari pārśvato (all adv.); 30.4 (prose) vayaṃ heṣṭā upari devā, we are lower, the gods higher; ii.29.19; 62.8; 304.16; 350.19; 378.21; iii.86.1 (mss.); 185.18 (verse, upari tapati, read tapat’, ādityo heṣṭā tapati vālikā); Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 59.2 (verse); in cpds., heṣṭāpaskandha, the mass of water below, Lalitavistara 298.20; 339.14 (verses), compare heṣṭi (so read)…āpaskandho 368.19 (verse); heṣṭa-gāmī Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 58.8 (verse; m.c. for heṣṭā-); with gen., usually preceding, Mahāvastu i.21.7 (prose) teṣāṃ heṣṭā; in Mahāvastu ii.92.13 (verse) Senart heṣṭā (mss. corrupt, heṣṭo, hastau) ca toyasya; iii.151.5 āśramapadasya heṣṭā; 350.10 nyagrodhasya heṣṭhā (v.l. heṣṭo); for Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 310.5 see heṣṭe.
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Starts with: Heshthato.
Ends with: Dheshtha, Patheshtha, Ratheshtha, Spheshtha, Stheshtha, Sukheshtha.
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