Masidhana, Masidhāna, Masi-dhana, Mashidhana: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Masidhāna (मसिधान).—an ink-bottle, an ink-stand.

Derivable forms: masidhānam (मसिधानम्).

Masidhāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms masi and dhāna (धान). See also (synonyms): masyādhāra, masikūpī, masidhānī, masimaṇi.

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

Masidhāna (मसिधान).—nf. (-naṃ-nī) An inkstand. E. sasi ink, and dhāna what holds or contains; also maśidhāna, maṣidhāna, &c.

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

Maṣidhāna (मषिधान):—[=maṣi-dhāna] [from maṣi > maṣ] n. an ink-stand, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Masidhāna (मसिधान):—[masi-dhāna] (naṃ-nī) 1. n. f. Idem.

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Masidhana 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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