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हस्ताhastā

हस्ता (hastā) is a Sanskrit word meaning the hand, an elephant's trunk, hand-writing, the eleventh or thirteenth lunar asterism, a species of tree, an anapest. Its 18 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Lunar Mansion/Asterism Hasta, Other specific meanings, The hand.

Roots
कृ (kṛ), गम् (gam)
Definitions
18
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Meanings by context

Lunar Mansion/Asterism Hasta

5 definitions
the eleventh or thirteenth lunar asterism

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the Hasta constellation

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

born under the Nakshatra Hasta

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The thirteenth lunar mansion

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The thirteenth lunar asterism.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Other specific meanings

4 definitions
a species of tree

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an anapest

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

quantity, abundance, mass

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a pair of leather bellows

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The hand

4 definitions
the hand

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the position of the hand

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

hand-writing

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the hand

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Proper Noun (Name)

3 definitions
an epithet of a guardian of the Soma

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

belonging to a son of Vasudeva

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

belonging to another man

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Hand-like objects or measures

2 definitions
an elephant's trunk

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the forearm as a measure of length from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, about 18 inches

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 3 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.