Vanastha, Vana-stha, Vanasthā: 9 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuVanasthā (वनस्था) is another name for Atyamlaparṇī, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 3.130-131 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Vaidyaka Śabda Sindhu equates Atyamlaparṇī with Amlaloṇī (Cāṅgerī) Oxalis corniculata Linn. (also known as creeping woodsorrel or sleeping beauty) but Chopra identifies Cāṅgerī as Rumex dentatus Linn. Together with the names Vanasthā and Atyamlaparṇī, there are a total of twenty-one Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVanastha (वनस्थ).—
1) a deer.
2) a hermit; कुतः क्षीरं वनस्थानाम् (kutaḥ kṣīraṃ vanasthānām) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.14.124.
Derivable forms: vanasthaḥ (वनस्थः).
Vanastha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vana and stha (स्थ).
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Vanasthā (वनस्था).—the holy fig tree.
Vanasthā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vana and sthā (स्था). See also (synonyms): vanasthī.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVanastha (वनस्थ).—mfn.
(-sthaḥ-sthā-sthaṃ) Wild, savage, forest or grove-abiding, &c. m.
(-sthaḥ) 1. A deer. 2. A hermit. f.
(-sthā) The holy-fig tree. E. vana (in) a wood, and stha what stays.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVanastha (वनस्थ).—[vana-stha], I. adj. 1. Being in a forest, [Pañcatantra] iii. [distich] 145. 2. Living in a forest, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 48, 18. Ii. m. 1. A deer. 2. An ascetic.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVanastha (वनस्थ).—[adjective] & [masculine] = vanavāsin.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vanastha (वनस्थ):—[=vana-stha] [from vana > van] mfn. forest-abiding
2) [v.s. ...] m. a f°-dweller, hermit, ascetic, [Manu-smṛti; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] a deer, gazelle, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] (with gaja) a wild elephant, [Harivaṃśa]
5) Vanasthā (वनस्था):—[=vana-sthā] [from vana-stha > vana > van] f. the holy fig-tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] the small Pippala tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] a kind of creeper, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVanastha (वनस्थ):—[vana-stha] (sthaḥ-sthā-sthaṃ) a. Wild, savage. m. A deer; a hermit.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusVanastha (ವನಸ್ಥ):—[adjective] being or living in a forest.
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Vanastha (ವನಸ್ಥ):—
1) [noun] a man living in a forest (as hunters).
2) [noun] any animal living in a forest.
3) [noun] a sage living an ascetic life.
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Vanasthala (ವನಸ್ಥಲ):—[noun] a forest region.
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Vanasthaḷa (ವನಸ್ಥಳ):—[noun] = ವನಸ್ಥಲ [vanasthala].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Vana, Sthala, Stha.
Starts with: Vanasthali, Vanasthana, Vanasthayin.
Ends with: Bhavanastha, Brimdavanastha, Savanastha, Vrimdavanastha, Yauvanastha.
Full-text: Vanathalagrama, Vanasthita, Vanasthali, Vanattan, Vanasthi, Atyamlaparni, Ravana, Vinaya, Yati.
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