The Sanskrit term Āveṣṭana can be transliterated into English as Avestana or Aveshtana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Aveshtan.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Āveṣṭana (आवेष्टन).—

1) Wrapping round, tying, binding.

2) A wrapper, an envelope.

3) A wall, fence, enclosure.

Derivable forms: āveṣṭanam (आवेष्टनम्).

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

Āveṣṭana (आवेष्टन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Wrapping round, binding, tying. 2. A wrapper, an envelope, a bandage. 3. An inclosure. E. āṅ before veṣṭa to surround, lyuṭ aff.

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

1) Āveṣṭana (आवेष्टन):—[=ā-veṣṭana] [from ā-veṣṭ] n. wrapping round

2) [v.s. ...] binding, tying

3) [v.s. ...] a wrapper, bandage, envelope, enclosure, [Kauśika-sūtra; Pañcatantra]

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

Āveṣṭana (आवेष्टन):—[ā-veṣṭana] (naṃ) 1. n. Binding round.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Āveṣṭana (आवेष्टन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Āveḍhaṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Aveshtana 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

Āveṣṭana (आवेष्टन) [Also spelled aveshtan]:—(nm) enveloping, wrapping round; enclosure; ~[ṣṭita] enveloped, wrapped; enclosed.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Āvēṣṭana (ಆವೇಷ್ಟನ):—

1) [noun] = ಆವೇಷ್ಟಕ [aveshtaka].

2) [noun] the act of covering, wrapping or enveloping.

3) [noun] a cover; a wrapper or a jacket (of a book).

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Veshtana, A.

Ends with: Dantaveshtana, Garbhaveshtana, Gatraveshtana, Karnaveshtana, Lataveshtana, Murddhaveshtana, Murdhaveshtana, Praveshtana, Saveshtana, Somaveshtana, Sutraveshtana, Upaveshtana, Vakyaveshtana, Vyakulaveshtana, Yupaveshtana.

Full-text: Avedhana, Aaveshton, Aveshtan, Samotsarita.

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