Samavastha, Samavasthā: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Samavasthā (समवस्था).—1 Ā.

1) To remain fixed, stand immoveable; stand still.

2) To stand ready. -Caus.

1) To establish, found.

2) To stop.

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Samavasthā (समवस्था).—

1) Fixed condition.

2) Similar condition or state; Ś.4.

3) State or condition in general; कामयानसमवस्थया तुलाम् (kāmayānasamavasthayā tulām) (yathau) R.19.5; M.4.7.

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

Samavasthā (समवस्था).—f.

(-sthā) 1. State, condition. 2. Similar state or condition.

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

Samavasthā (समवस्था).—[sam-ava-sthā], f. State, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 39, 20.

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

Samavasthā (समवस्था).—[feminine] na [neuter] state, condition.

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Samavasthā (समवस्था).—[Causative] stop, arrest; fasten, strengthen.

Samavasthā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms samava and sthā (स्था).

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

1) Samavasthā (समवस्था):—[=sam-ava-√sthā] a Caus. -sthāpayati, to cause to stand firm or still, stop, [Mahābhārata];

—to establish, found, [ib.]

2) [=sam-avasthā] [from samava-sthā] b f. firm or fixed state or condition, [Kālidāsa]

3) [v.s. ...] (ifc. f(ā). ) similar condition or state, [Raghuvaṃśa]

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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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