Kashtasthana, Kaṣṭasthāna, Kashta-sthana: 4 definitions
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Kashtasthana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
The Sanskrit term Kaṣṭasthāna can be transliterated into English as Kastasthana or Kashtasthana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKaṣṭasthāna (कष्टस्थान).—a bad station, a difficult or disagreeable place.
Derivable forms: kaṣṭasthānam (कष्टस्थानम्).
Kaṣṭasthāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kaṣṭa and sthāna (स्थान).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKaṣṭasthāna (कष्टस्थान).—n.
(-naṃ) A bad or disagreeable place or scite. E. kaṣṭa, and sthāna place, situation.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKaṣṭasthāna (कष्टस्थान):—[=kaṣṭa-sthāna] [from kaṣṭa] n. a bad situation, disagreeable place or site, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKaṣṭasthāna (कष्टस्थान):—[kaṣṭa-sthāna] (naṃ) 1. n. A bad or disagreeable scite or place.
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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