Introduction

The Sanskrit term Koṣṭhāgāra can be transliterated into English as Kosthagara or Koshthagara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Koṣṭha-agāra.—(HRS), the royal granary. (EI 29), cf. Tamil koṭṭagāram, koṭṭāram (EI 22; SITI), treasury or store-house. Cf. Tamil koṭṭagāram, etc. (SII 2), stables. Note: koṣṭha-agāra is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Koṣṭhāgāra (कोष्ठागार).—

1) a storehouse, store room; पर्याप्तभरितकोष्ठागारं मांसशोणितैर्मे गृहं भविष्यति (paryāptabharitakoṣṭhāgāraṃ māṃsaśoṇitairme gṛhaṃ bhaviṣyati) Ve.3; Ms.9.28.

2) a treasury.

Derivable forms: koṣṭhāgāram (कोष्ठागारम्).

Koṣṭhāgāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms koṣṭha and agāra (अगार).

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

Koṣṭhāgāra (कोष्ठागार).—m.

(-raḥ) 1. A store. 2. A treasury. E. koṣṭha, and āgāra a house.

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

Koṣṭhāgāra (कोष्ठागार).—m. and n. a treasury, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 280.

Koṣṭhāgāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms koṣṭha and āgāra (आगार).

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

Koṣṭhāgāra (कोष्ठागार).—[neuter] store-room, treasury.

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

1) Koṣṭhāgāra (कोष्ठागार):—[from koṣṭha] n. a store-room, store, [Manu-smṛti ix, 280; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] a treasury, [Horace H. Wilson]

3) [v.s. ...] any enclosed space or area

4) [v.s. ...] the lunar mansion Maghā, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

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

Koṣṭhāgāra (कोष्ठागार):—[koṣṭhā-gāra] (raḥ) 1. m. A store-room.

[Sanskrit to German] (Deutsch Wörterbuch)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Koṣṭhāgāra (कोष्ठागार):—(koṣṭha + agāra oder āgāra) m. n. Kornkammer [VYĀḌI] zu [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 234.] koṣṭhāgārāyudhāgāradevatāgārabhedakān [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 280.] ratnavasanāṃ laṅkāṃ koṣṭhāgārāvataṃsakām [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 10, 1.] koṣṭhāgāraṃ ca koṣaṃ ca [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 7, 28.] bahudhanadhānyahiraṇyakośakoṣṭhāgāra adj. [SADDH. Pāṇini’s acht Bücher.4,8,b.9,b. 10,a.]

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Koṣṭhāgāra (कोष्ठागार):—auch = koṣṭha

8) [Halāyudha] zu [CHANDAS. 2, 3] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 230.] auch Bez. des Nakṣatra Maghā [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 47, 5.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Koṣṭhāgāra (कोष्ठागार):—n. —

1) Kornkammer. —

2) eine umschlossene Fläche , Feld. —

3) das Mondhaus Maghā.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Koshtha, Agara, Gara.

Starts with: Koshthagara-karana, Koshthagaravatamsaka.

Full-text: Koshthagaravatamsaka, Koshthagara-karana, Koshthagarika, Karana, Koshtha.

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