Avisthala, Avi-sthala: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avisthala (अविस्थल).—Name of one of the five towns demanded by the Pāṇḍavas from the Kauravas.

Derivable forms: avisthalam (अविस्थलम्).

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Avisthala (अविस्थल).—sheep-place; Name of a town; अविस्थलं वृकस्थलं माकन्दी वारणावतम् (avisthalaṃ vṛkasthalaṃ mākandī vāraṇāvatam) Mb.

Derivable forms: avisthalam (अविस्थलम्).

Avisthala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms avi and sthala (स्थल).

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

Avisthala (अविस्थल):—[=avi-sthala] [from avi] n. ‘sheep-place’, Name of a town, [Mahābhārata v,934] ([edition] [Bombay edition]) and 2595.

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Avisthala 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.

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