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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Itastataḥ (इतस्ततः) refers to “here and there”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.15 (“The penance and reign of Tārakāsura”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated: “[...] At the same time, several phenomena of evil portent forboding misery and distress happened, when the son of Varāṅgī was born making the gods miserable. [...] O dear, groups of mad asses ran here and there [i.e., itastataḥ] braying loudly and digging the ground with their hoofs. Terrified by the asses, birds flew up from their nests. In their excitement and flutter they honked and cronked. They did not find a peaceful perch anywhere. [...]”.

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

Itastataḥ (इतस्ततः).—ad S Here and there; in a dispersed or scattered manner.

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

Itastataḥ (इतस्ततः).—ad Here and there, in a dis- persed or scattered manner.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Itastatas (इतस्ततस्).—ind. Here and there, hither and thither. E. itas hence, tatas thence.

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

Itastatas (इतस्ततस्):—[=itas-tatas] [from i-tas] ind. here and there, hither and thither, [Rāmāyaṇa; Hitopadeśa etc.]

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

Itastatas (इतस्ततस्):—[itasta+tas] ind. Hither and thither.

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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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Partial matches: Tatas, Itas.

Full-text: Tatas, Itas, Saprabha, Prabhriti, Ankuyant, Punjikar, Lokasambadha, Angahara, Shabday.

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