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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for वानप्रस्थ

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वानप्रस्थvānaprasthaA Brāhmaṇa in the third stage of his religious life; तपसा कर्षितोऽत्यर्थं यस्तु ध्यानपरो भवेत् । संन्यासीह स…

    [वाने वनसमूहे प्रतिष्ठते स्था-क]

    1. A Brāhmaṇa in the third stage of his religious life; तपसा कर्षितोऽत्यर्थं यस्तु ध्यानपरो भवेत् । संन्यासीह स विज्ञेयो वानप्रस्थाश्रमे स्थितः ॥
    2. An anchorite, a hermit.
    3. The Madhuka tree.
    4. The Palāśa tree.
    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वानप्रस्थvānaprastham. (fr. वन-प्रस्थ) a Bra1hman Brahman in the third stage of life (who has passed through the stages of student…
    1. masculine gender (from वन-प्रस्थ) a Bra1hman Brahman in the third stage of life (who has passed through the stages of student and householder and has abandoned his house and family for an ascetic life in the woods; see आश्रम), hermit, anchorite (mentioned by Megasthenes under the name ὑλόβιοι) A1past. Mn. MBh. etc. RTL. 362
    2. masculine gender a class of supernatural beings MW.
    3. masculine gender Bassia Latifolia or Butea Frondosa Lexicographers
    4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective relating to a Va1naprastha वानप्रस्थ
    5. masculine gender (scilicet आश्रम) the third stage of a Bra1hman Brahman 's life, forest-life MBh. R. Hariv.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. वानप्रस्थvānaprastha[vâna-prastha] m. (betaking oneself to forest-uplands: vanaprastha), Brâh man of the third order (who has…

    [vâna-prastha] masculine (betaking oneself to forest-uplands: vanaprastha), Brâh man of the third order (who has retired from domestic life to the forest), hermit; adjective relating to the forest hermit; masculine (scilicet, that is to say, supply âsrama) third stage of a Brâhman's life, forest life; -prasth-ya, neuter condition of a hermit.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · वानप्रस्थ

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