Vanishthu, Vaniṣṭhu: 6 definitions
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Vanishthu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
The Sanskrit term Vaniṣṭhu can be transliterated into English as Vanisthu or Vanishthu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVaniṣṭhu (वनिष्ठु).—[van-iṣṭhuc Uṇādi-sūtra 4.2] Ved.
1) Part of the entrails of an animal offered in sacrifice.
2) The rectum.
Derivable forms: vaniṣṭhuḥ (वनिष्ठुः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaniṣṭhu (वनिष्ठु).—m.
(-ṣṭhuḥ) The entrails of an animal offered in sacrifice. E. van to worship, iṣṭhuc Unadi aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaniṣṭhu (वनिष्ठु).—[masculine] the rectum or a part of the intestines near the omentum.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaniṣṭhu (वनिष्ठु):—m. a part of the entrails of an animal offered in sacrifice ([according to] to [Scholiast or Commentator] either ‘the rectum’ or ‘a [particular] part of the intestines near the omentum’), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa; ???]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaniṣṭhu (वनिष्ठु):—(ṣṭhuḥ) 2. m. The entrails of an animal offered in sacrifice.
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Starts with: Vanishthusava.
Full-text: Vanishnu, Vanishthusava.
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