Vaitastika: 4 definitions
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Vaitastika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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.
India history and geography
Source: archive.org: Nilamata Purana: a cultural and literary study (history)Vaitastika (वैतस्तिक) is a name (appellation) for Kaśmīra (Kashmir) stemming from the Vitasti river according Nīlamatapurāṇa.—The Vitastā is the most important river of Kaśmīra to give the country the appellation ‘Vaitastika’. The Nīlamata regards it as an incarnation of Umā who, at the request of Kaśyapa, came bubbling forth as a river from a hole as big as a Vitasti made by Śiva with his spear.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, 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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVaitastika (वैतस्तिक).—a. Span-long (an arrow); शरैर्वैतस्तिकै राजन् दिव्याधासन्नवेधिभिः (śarairvaitastikai rājan divyādhāsannavedhibhiḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 7.122.6-61.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaitastika (वैतस्तिक):—mfn. ([from] vi-tasti) a span long (an arrow), [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Rāmāyaṇa]
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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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Full-text: Shulaghata, Sandran, Lidar, Trigam, Nilakunda, Samapada, Shadipur, Samapadasthanaka, Anantanaga, Khanabal, Vitasta, Sthanaka, Somaskanda.
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Nitiprakasika (Critical Analysis) (by S. Anusha)
Expansion of the Gupta Empire < [May-June, 1929]