Hindusthana, Hindusthāna, Himdusthana: 5 definitions

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Hindusthana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Hindusthana in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

hindusthāna (हिंदुस्थान).—n ( P) The country of the Hindus, Hindustan or India. The word is especially understood of the upper provinces or region to the north of the Narmada river.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

hindusthāna (हिंदुस्थान).—n India, upper India.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Hindusthana in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Hindusthāna (हिन्दुस्थान):—[=hindu-sthāna] [from hindu] n. the country of the Hindūs, Hindūstān (properly restricted to the upper provinces between Benares and the Sutlej), [Catalogue(s)]

[Sanskrit to German]

Hindusthana in German

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Hindusthana in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Hiṃdusthāna (ಹಿಂದುಸ್ಥಾನ):—[noun] = ಹಿಂದುದೇಶ [himdudesha].

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Hiṃdūsthāna (ಹಿಂದೂಸ್ಥಾನ):—[noun] = ಹಿಂದುದೇಶ [himdudesha].

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

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