Galastani, Galastanī, Gala-stani: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Galastanī (गलस्तनी).—(also galestanī) a she-goat.

Galastanī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gala and stanī (स्तनी).

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

Galastanī (गलस्तनी).—f. (-nī) A she-goat. E. gala the throat, and stana the breast; some species of the Bengal goat have small fleshy processes, resembling nipples depending from the throat; also galastanī.

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

Galastanī (गलस्तनी):—[=gala-stanī] [from gala > gal] f. (= le-st) ‘having (small fleshy protuberances, resembling) nipples depending from the throat’, a she-goat, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Galastanī (गलस्तनी):—[gala-stanī] (nī) 3. f. A she-goat.

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Galastani 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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