Alternative spellings of this word include Vastav.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vāstava (वास्तव).—a S Real, actual, true, having entity or real being. Hence 2 Solid or substantial: in contrad. from Shadowy, phantasmal, hollow &c.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

vāstava (वास्तव).—a Real, true. Solid.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vāstava (वास्तव).—a. (-vī f.) [वस्त्वेव-अण् (vastveva-aṇ)]

1) Real, true, substantial; वेद्यं वास्तवमत्र वस्तु शिवदं तापत्रयोन्मूलनम् (vedyaṃ vāstavamatra vastu śivadaṃ tāpatrayonmūlanam) Bhāg. 1.1.2.

2) Determined, fixed.

-vam Anything fixed or determined.

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Vāstavā (वास्तवा).—Dawn.

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

Vāstava (वास्तव).—mfn.

(-vaḥ-vī-vaṃ) 1. Determined, demonstrated, fixed, substantiated. 2. Real, substantial. n.

(-vaṃ) An appointment, anything fixed. f.

(-vā) Dawn. E. vastu thing, substance, aṇ aff.

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

Vāstava (वास्तव).—and vāstavika i. e. vastu + a, or ika, adj. 1. Being anything in the true sense of the word; real, substantial. 2. Demonstrated.

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

Vāstava (वास्तव).—[feminine] ī real, true.

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

1) Vāstava (वास्तव):—mf(ī)n. ([from] 2. vastu, √5. vas) substantial, real, true, genuine, being anything in the true sense of the word, [Golādhyāya; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Pañcarātra]

2) fixed, determined, demonstrated, [Horace H. Wilson]

3) n. an appointment, [ib.]

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

Vāstava (वास्तव):—[(vaḥ-vī-vaṃ)] 1. n. An appointment. a. Fixed, substantiated.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vastava in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Vāstava (वास्तव) [Also spelled vastav]:—(a) real, actual, factual; genuine; substantial; —[meṃ] really, actually, in reality, in fact.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vāstava (ವಾಸ್ತವ):—[adjective] existing or happening as or in fact; actual, true, etc.; not merely seeming but real.

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Vāstava (ವಾಸ್ತವ):—

1) [noun] anything that actually exists; the real; reality.

2) [noun] the true sense of the world (as diff. from its idiomatic, figurative or hyperbolic sense).

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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)

Starts with: Vastavam, Vastavani, Vastavatva.

Ends with: Avastava, Bhairavastava, Devastava, Kapilavastava, Mallavastava, Paramanandamadhavastava, Sauvastava, Shivastava, Upavastava, Vedasarashivastava, Viraraghavastava.

Full-text (+73): Avastava, Vastavosha, Vastavika, Vastavatva, Sauvastava, Vastvya, Vastushastra, Vastusara, Vastunirmana, Vastuvidhi, Vastushiromani, Vastupashama, Vastuprayoga, Vastusamhita, Vastusamgraha, Vastusamuccaya, Vastusanatkumara, Vastuvidya, Vastupashamana, Vastupujana.

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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 5 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)

Part 7 - Vatula-tantra < [Chapter XXXIV - Literature of Southern Śaivism]

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Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)

Part 2 - Alaṃkāra theory and position of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā < [Chapter 4 - Position of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā in Sanskrit Poetics]

Chapter 6 - Major findings and Concluding observations

Appendix 1 - Ācārya, Kavi and important persons mentioned in the Kāvyamīmāṃsā

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Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)

Foreword (to the Hindi edition)

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