The Sanskrit term Vāntāśin can be transliterated into English as Vantasin or Vantashin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Vāntāśin (वान्ताशिन्).—m.

1) a foul-feeding demon.

2) a person who tells his गोत्र (gotra) for obtaining food; न भोजनार्थं स्वे विप्रः कुलगोत्रे निवेदयेत् । भोजनार्थं हि ते शंसन्वान्ताशीत्युच्यते बुधैः (na bhojanārthaṃ sve vipraḥ kulagotre nivedayet | bhojanārthaṃ hi te śaṃsanvāntāśītyucyate budhaiḥ) || Manusmṛti 3.19.

Vāntāśin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vānta and aśin (अशिन्).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vāntāśin (वान्ताशिन्).—i. e. vānta (vb. vam) -aś + in, m. A foul-feeding demon, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 109.

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

Vāntāśin (वान्ताशिन्).—[adjective] eating vomited food.

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

1) Vāntāśin (वान्ताशिन्):—[from vānta] mfn. eating v° food, a foul feeder, [Manu-smṛti; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Hemacandra’s Pariśiṣṭaparvan]

2) [v.s. ...] a person who tells his Gotra etc. for the sake of getting food, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] a foul-feeding demon, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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

Vāntāśin (वान्ताशिन्):—[vāntā+śin] (śī) 5. m. Idem.

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

Vāntāśin (वान्ताशिन्):—(vānta + ā) adj. = vāntāda [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 109. 12, 71.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 15, 36.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

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Partial matches: Ashin, Vanta.

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