Heshtima, Heṣṭima: 1 definition

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The Sanskrit term Heṣṭima can be transliterated into English as Hestima or Heshtima, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Heṣṭima (हेष्टिम).—rarely °ṭhima, adj. (= Pali heṭṭhima; to heṣṭi, etc., plus -(i) ma, § 22.13), lower, (what is) below: of the nadir, heṣṭimā diś(ā), Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 191.5 (verse; text, paścimā- heṣṭima-uttarasyāṃ, Kashgar recension paścimāyottaraheṣṭimā- yāṃ); 243.11 (prose; ed. adhastāyāṃ, Kashgar recension heṣṭimāyāṃ, diśi); Mahāvastu i.124.7 (verse; °masmiṃ diśo bhāge); ii.163.6 °mā diśā; also of the body, °maṃ kāyaṃ, and [Page622-b+ 71] °māto kāyāto (abl.), Mahāvastu iii.115.19, 20 (in these Senart °ṣṭhi°, v.l. °ṣṭi°); 410.5, 7, the lower (part of the) body.

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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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