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Results for अधिष्ठान

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अधिष्ठानadhiṣṭhāna[adhi-shthấna] n. stand-point, place, seat, abode, residence; sovereignty, power.

    [adhi-shthấna] neuter stand-point, place, seat, abode, residence; sovereignty, power.

    In the Gita3·4018·14

    इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते ।

    indriyāṇi mano buddhirasyādhiṣṭhānamucyate, — The senses, mind and intellect are its seat; enveloping knowledge by these it bewilders the embodied soul. 3·40
    • अधिष्ठानम्adhiṣṭhānamnominative or accusative singular of the neuter noun adhiṣṭhāna (a seat, substratum, receptacle)
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अधिष्ठानadhiṣṭhānan. standing by, being at hand, approach
    1. neuter gender standing by, being at hand, approach
    2. neuter gender standing or resting upon
    3. neuter gender a basis, base
    4. neuter gender the standing-place of the warrior upon the car Sa1mavBr.
    5. neuter gender a position, site, residence, abode, seat
    6. neuter gender a settlement, town, standing over
    7. neuter gender government, authority, power
    8. neuter gender a precedent, rule
    9. neuter gender a benediction Buddh.
    10. (also, with Buddhists) steadfast resolution (one of the 6 or 10 Pa1ramita1s पारमिता s, quod vide), MWB. 128
    11. a king's court, Divya7v.
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  2. अधिष्ठानदेहadhiṣṭhānadehan. the intermediate body which serves to clothe and support the departed spirit during its several residences…

    neuter gender the intermediate body which serves to clothe and support the departed spirit during its several residences in the Pitr2i-loka पितृ-लोक or world of spirits (also called the Preta-s3ari1ra प्रेत-शरीर).

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  3. अधिष्ठानशरीरadhiṣṭhānaśarīran. the intermediate body which serves to clothe and support the departed spirit during its several residences…

    neuter gender the intermediate body which serves to clothe and support the departed spirit during its several residences in the Pitr2i-loka पितृ-लोक or world of spirits (also called the Preta-s3ari1ra प्रेत-शरीर).

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अधिष्ठानम्adhiṣṭhānamStanding or being near, being at hand, approach (सन्निधि); अत्राधिष्ठानं कुरु take a seat here.

    [अधि-स्था-ल्युट्]

    1. Standing or being near, being at hand, approach (सन्निधि); अत्राधिष्ठानं कुरु take a seat here.
    2. Resting upon, occupying, inhabiting, dwelling in, locating oneself in; प्राणाधिष्ठानं देहस्य etc.
    3. A position, site, basis, seat; त्र्यधिष्ठानस्य देहिनः Ms.12.4; इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते Bg.3.4, 18.14 the seat (of that desire.)
    4. Residence, abode; नगरं राजाधिष्ठानम् Pt.1.; so धर्मdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied; a place, locality, town; सर्वाविनयाधिष्ठानतां गच्छन्ति K.16; कस्मिंश्चिदधिष्ठाने in a certain place.
    5. Authority, power, power of control, presiding over; अनधिष्ठानम् H.3.83. lose of position, dimissal from a post (of authority); समर्थस्त्वमिमं जेतुमधिष्ठानपराक्रमैः Rām.; ययेह अश्वैर्युक्तो रथः सार- थिनाऽधिष्ठितः प्रवर्तते तथा आत्माधिष्ठानाच्छरीरम् Gaudapāda; महाश्वेताकृताच्च सत्याधिष्ठानात् K.346 appeal or reference to truth.
    6. Government, dominion.
    7. A wheel (of a car etc.) अधिष्ठानं मनश्चासीत्परिरथ्या सरस्वती Mb.8.34.34; 5.178.74.
    8. A precedent, prescribed rule.
    9. A benediction. Compare अधिष्ठानं चक्रपुरप्रभावाध्यासनेष्वपि । Nm.
    10. Destruction (?); अमित्राणामधिष्ठानाद्वधाद् दुर्योधनस्य च । भीम दिष्ट्या पृथिव्यां ते प्रथितं सुमहद्यशः ॥ Mb.9.61.14.
    11. Couch, seat, bed; साधिष्ठानानि सर्वशः Rām.6.75.19.
    12. A butt (for an allurement.) तस्माद् ब्राह्ममधिष्ठानं कृत्वा कार्ये चतुर्विधे । Kau. Atmanepada 1.1.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अधिकरणम् Municipal Board. (अधिष्ठान Equivalent to city; अधिकरण Equivalent to court and office of administration) EI,XV, p.143; XVII. p. 193 f; XX, pp.61 ff.

    • -शरीरम् A body which forms the medium between the subtle and the gross body.

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