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Results for हस्तिनी

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

हस्तिनीhastinī1 A female elephant.
1. 1 A female elephant.
2. A kind of drug and perfume.
3. A woman of a particular class, one of the four classes into which writers on erotical science divide women (described as having thick lips, thick hips, thick fingers, large breasts, dark complexion, and libidinous appetite); the Ratimañjarī thus describes her: स्थूलाधरा स्थूलनितम्बबिम्बा स्थूलाङ्गुलिः स्थूलकुचा सुशीला । कामोत्सुका गाढरतिप्रिया च नितान्तभोक्त्री (नितम्ब- खर्वा) खलु हस्तिनी स्यात् (करिणी मता सा) 8.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

हस्तिनीhastinīf. a female elephant AV. &c.

feminine a female elephant AV. etc.

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फल्गुहस्तिनीphalguhastinīf. N. of a poetess Cat.

feminine Name of a poetess catalogue or catalogues

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मदहस्तिनीmadahastinīf. a species of Karan5ja करञ्ज L.

feminine a species of Karan5ja करञ्ज Lexicographers

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श्रीहस्तिनीśrīhastinīf. the sunflower, Heliotroplum Indicum (so called as held in the hand of S3ri1 श्री or Lakshmi1 लक्ष्मी) L.

feminine the sunflower, Heliotroplum Indicum (so called as held in the hand of S3ri1 श्री or Lakshmi1 लक्ष्मी) Lexicographers

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