a superintendent of elephants
— अध्यक्षः (adhyakṣaḥ) a superintendent of elephants.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
हस्तिन्hastin
हस्तिन् (hastin) is a Sanskrit word meaning having hands, or clever and dexterous with the hands, an elephant, the chief or best of its kind, a kind of plant, name of a son of Dhritarashtra, a son of Suhotra. Its 52 recorded definitions are grouped into 14 contexts, among them Elephant-related Terminology: Compounds for Parts, People, Actions, etc., Adjectival Meanings: Possessing Hands/Trunk or Elephant-related, Proper Names: Persons named Hastin.
- Etymology
- E. हस्त a trunk, and इनि aff
- Definitions
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Meanings by context
Proper Names: Persons named Hastin
8 definitions
Name of a son of Dhritarashtra
N. of a son of Dhṛta-rāṣṭra, MBh. [ID=262437]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a son of Suhotra
of a son of Suhotra, (a prince of the Lunar race, described as founder of Hastinā-pura), ib.; VP. [ID=262438]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a son of Brihatkshatra
of a son of Bṛhat-kṣatra, BhP. [ID=262439]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a son of Kuru
of a son of Kuru, Śatr. [ID=262440]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a son of the elder Dhritarashtra
हस्तिन् (hastin) [Printed book page 320-1]
Hastin1, a son of the elder Dhṛtarāṣṭra. § 154 (Pūruvaṃś.):
Hastin1, a son of the elder Dhṛtarāṣṭra. § 154 (Pūruvaṃś.):
I, 94, 3747 (the second son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra).
[ID=4442]— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
a son of Suhotra who founded Hastinapura
Hastin2, a son of Suhotra. § 156 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 95,
††3787 (son of Suhotra and Suvarṇā, founded Hāstinapura);
††3788 (married Yaśodharā and begat with her Vikuṇṭhana).
[ID=4443]— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
A mythological son of Brihadkshatra and father of Ajamidha and two other sons.
हस्तिन् (hastin) [Printed book page 3-762]
Hastin (I) — a son of Bṛhadkṣatra, (Suhotra-Vā. P.). After him came Hastināpura.1 Father of Ajāmīḍha and two other sons.2
[Footnote: 1) Bhā. IX. 21. 20-21; Vā. 99. 165; Vi. IV. 19. 28; M. 49. 42.]
[Footnote: 2) Vi. IV. 19. 29.]
[ID=17325]
Hastin (I) — a son of Bṛhadkṣatra, (Suhotra-Vā. P.). After him came Hastināpura.1 Father of Ajāmīḍha and two other sons.2
[Footnote: 1) Bhā. IX. 21. 20-21; Vā. 99. 165; Vi. IV. 19. 28; M. 49. 42.]
[Footnote: 2) Vi. IV. 19. 29.]
[ID=17325]
— The Purana Index
A son of Vasishtha and a Prajapati of the Svarocisha epoch.
Hastin (II) — a son of Vasiṣṭha and a Prajāpati of the Svārociṣa epoch. M. 9. 9. [ID=17326]
— The Purana Index
The Elephant (Male)
8 definitions
an elephant
(with मृग (mṛga), ‘the animal with a h° (°) i.e. with a trunk’, an elephant; cf. दन्तह् (dantah)° (°)), ib. [ID=262432]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
an elephant
हस्तिन् (hastin) m. an elephant (four kinds of el° (°) are enumerated; see भद्र (bhadra), मन्द्र (mandra), मृग (mṛga), मिश्त्र (miśtra); some give किलिञ्ज-ह् (kiliñja-h)° (°), ‘a straw el° (°)’, ‘effigy of an el° (°) made of grass’), AV. &c. &c. [ID=262434]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
1. An elephant. 2. A female elephant. 3. A type of woman of low stature, corpulent habits, curly hair, dark complexion, libidinous appetite, and furious passions. 4. A drug and perfume.
हस्त (hasta)िन् (hastin) [Printed book page 972]
हस्त (hasta)िन् (hastin) m. (-स्ती (-stī)) An elephant. f. (-नी (-nī))
हस्त (hasta)िन् (hastin) m. (-स्ती (-stī)) An elephant. f. (-नी (-nī))
1 A female elephant.
2 A female; one of the four kinds into which they are classed, and described as of low stature, corpulent habits, curly hair, dark complexion, libidinous appetite, and furious passions.
3 A drug and perfume; also हट्टविस्नासिनी (haṭṭavisnāsinī).
E. हस्त (hasta) a trunk, and इनि (ini) aff.
[ID=44126]— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. An elephant. 2. A particular type of woman. 3. A drug and perfume.
हस्तिन् (hastin) [Printed book page 897-b]
हस्तिन् (hastin) (स्ती) ((stī)) 5. m. An elephant. f. (नी (nī)) Idem; kind of woman; a drug and perfume. [ID=43951]
हस्तिन् (hastin) (स्ती) ((stī)) 5. m. An elephant. f. (नी (nī)) Idem; kind of woman; a drug and perfume. [ID=43951]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
An elephant
हस्तिन् (hastin) (II) m. An elephant, M. iv.120, iii.162; (four kinds of elephants are enumerated, viz., भद्र (bhadra), मंद्र (maṃdra), मृग (mṛga) and मिश्र (miśra)). [ID=43135]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. An elephant. 2. A female elephant. 3. A type of woman of low stature, corpulent build, and passionate nature. 4. A drug and perfume. 5. Having hands. 6. Having a trunk.
हस्त (hasta)िन् (hastin) [Printed book page 831-a]
हस्त (hasta)िन् (hastin)
हस्त (hasta)िन् (hastin)
m. (-स्ती (-stī)) An elephant, (four kinds of elephants are enumerated, viz:—भद्र, मन्द, मृग (bhadra, manda, mṛga) and मिश्र (miśra).)
f. (-नी (-nī))
1. A female elephant.
2. A female; one of the four kinds into which they are classed, and described as of low stature, corpulent habits, curly hair, dark complexion, libidinous appetite, thick lips, thick hips, thick fingers, large breasts and furious passions.
3. A drug and perfume; also हट्टविलासिनी (haṭṭavilāsinī).
f. (-नी (-nī)) Adj.
1. Having hands.
2. Having a trunk.
E. हस्त (hasta) a trunk, and इनि (ini) aff.
[ID=46786]— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. An elephant. 2. A female elephant. 3. A class of women. 4. A drug and perfume.
हस्तिन् (hastin) [Printed book page 1110-a]
हस्तिन् (hastin) hastin, i.e. hasta + in, I. m. An ele-
हस्तिन् (hastin) hastin, i.e. hasta + in, I. m. An ele-
phant, Hit. i. d. 17, M.M. II. f. nī.
1. A female elephant. 2. A class of
women. 3. A drug and perfume. —
Comp. Gandha-, m. a kind of elephant
(in rut?), Rām. 5, 73, 26. Jala-, m. a
large aquatic animal (the crocodile ?),
Pañc. 51, 9.
[ID=17055]— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary
An elephant.
हस्तिन् (hastin) [Printed book page 2-501]
Hastin, ‘having a hand,’ with Mṛga, ‘beast,’ denotes in the Rigveda1 and the Atharvaveda2 the ‘elephant.’ Later the adjective alone comes to mean ‘elephant.’3 The animal was famed for its strength4 as well as its virility.5 It is mentioned with man and monkey as one of the beasts that take hold by the hand (hastādāna), as opposed to those that take hold by the mouth (mukhādāna).6 It was tamed, as the expression Hastipa, ‘elephant-keeper,’ shows, and tame elephants were used to catch others (see Vāraṇa). But there is no trace of its use in war, though Ktesias and Megasthenes both record such use for
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their times.7 The Atharvaveda8 alludes to its being pestered by mosquitoes.
[Footnote: 1) i. 64, 7; iv. 16, 14.]
[Footnote: 2) xii. 1, 25. Elsewhere Hastin is used alone: iii. 22, 3; iv. 36, 9; vi. 38, 2; 70, 2; xix. 1, 32.]
[Footnote: 3) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, v. 5, 11, 1; Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, iii. 14, 8; Vāja- saneyi Saṃhitā, xxiv. 29; Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa, vi. 8, 8; xxiii. 13, 2; Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, iv. 1, 14; v. 31, 2; vi. 27, 2; Satapatha Brāhmaṇa, iii. 1, 3, 4, etc.; Chāndogya Upaniṣad, vii. 24, 2 (coupled with gold), etc.; Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa, iii. 22, 1.]
[Footnote: 4) Rv. loc. cit.; Av ii. 22, 1, 3.]
[Footnote: 5) Av. iii. 22, 6; vi. 70, 2.]
[Footnote: 6) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, vi. 4, 5, 7; Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, iv, 5, 7.]
[Footnote: 7) Von Schroeder, Indiens Literatur und Cidtur, 434.]
[Footnote: 8) Av. iv. 36, 9. Cf. Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 80.]
[ID=3796]
Hastin, ‘having a hand,’ with Mṛga, ‘beast,’ denotes in the Rigveda1 and the Atharvaveda2 the ‘elephant.’ Later the adjective alone comes to mean ‘elephant.’3 The animal was famed for its strength4 as well as its virility.5 It is mentioned with man and monkey as one of the beasts that take hold by the hand (hastādāna), as opposed to those that take hold by the mouth (mukhādāna).6 It was tamed, as the expression Hastipa, ‘elephant-keeper,’ shows, and tame elephants were used to catch others (see Vāraṇa). But there is no trace of its use in war, though Ktesias and Megasthenes both record such use for
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their times.7 The Atharvaveda8 alludes to its being pestered by mosquitoes.
[Footnote: 1) i. 64, 7; iv. 16, 14.]
[Footnote: 2) xii. 1, 25. Elsewhere Hastin is used alone: iii. 22, 3; iv. 36, 9; vi. 38, 2; 70, 2; xix. 1, 32.]
[Footnote: 3) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, v. 5, 11, 1; Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, iii. 14, 8; Vāja- saneyi Saṃhitā, xxiv. 29; Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa, vi. 8, 8; xxiii. 13, 2; Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, iv. 1, 14; v. 31, 2; vi. 27, 2; Satapatha Brāhmaṇa, iii. 1, 3, 4, etc.; Chāndogya Upaniṣad, vii. 24, 2 (coupled with gold), etc.; Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa, iii. 22, 1.]
[Footnote: 4) Rv. loc. cit.; Av ii. 22, 1, 3.]
[Footnote: 5) Av. iii. 22, 6; vi. 70, 2.]
[Footnote: 6) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, vi. 4, 5, 7; Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, iv, 5, 7.]
[Footnote: 7) Von Schroeder, Indiens Literatur und Cidtur, 434.]
[Footnote: 8) Av. iv. 36, 9. Cf. Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 80.]
[ID=3796]
— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects
Flora: Plants and Plant Products named with 'Hastin' or 'Hasti-'
3 definitions
a kind of plant
a kind of plant (= अज-मोदा (aja-modā)), L. [ID=262436]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
the castor-oil plant
— कर्णः (karṇaḥ) the castor-oil plant.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a radish
— दंतकं (daṃtakaṃ) a radish.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Proper Names: Places
2 definitions
Name of Hastinapura
N. of Hastinā-pura, L. [ID=262444]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
the city and district of Kanchi
— गिरिः (giriḥ) the city and district of Kāñcī.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
'Hastin' as Suffix: Chief or Best of its Kind
1 definition
the chief or best of its kind
(ifc.) the chief or best of its kind g. व्याघ्रा (vyāghrā)दि (di) [ID=262435]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Fauna: Other Animals referred to by 'Hasti-' compounds
1 definition
1. A lion. 2. A tiger.
— कक्ष्यः (kakṣyaḥ)
1 a lion.
2 a tiger.
1 a lion.
2 a tiger.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Figurative/Metaphorical Meanings of Compounds (Non-Botanical/Zoological)
1 definition
a sort of turret protecting the approach to the gate of a city or fort
— नखं (nakhaṃ) a sort of turret protecting the approach to the gate of a city or fort.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Hasti-malla: Deities, Mythical Beings, and Other Referents
1 definition
1. Name of Airavata. 2. Name of Ganesha. 3. Name of Shankha, an eighth-rank Naga. 4. A heap of ashes. 5. A shower of dust. 6. Frost.
— मल्लः (mallaḥ)
1 N. of Airāvata.
2 of Gaṇeśa.
3 of Śaṅkha, the eighth of the chief Nāgas.
4 a heap of ashes.
5 a shower of dust.
6 frost.
1 N. of Airāvata.
2 of Gaṇeśa.
3 of Śaṅkha, the eighth of the chief Nāgas.
4 a heap of ashes.
5 a shower of dust.
6 frost.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Hastin/Hastinī as a Drug or Perfume
1 definition
a kind of drug and perfume
a kind of drug and perfume (= हट्ट-विलासिनी (haṭṭa-vilāsinī)), L. [ID=262442]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Hastinī as a Class of Woman
1 definition
a woman of a particular class characterized by thick lips, thick hips, thick fingers, large breasts, dark complexion, and strong sexual passion
a woman of a partic. class (one of the 4 classes into which women are divided, described as having thick lips, thick hips, thick fingers, large breasts, dark complexion, and strong sexual passion), Siṃhās. [ID=262443]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
The Female Elephant
1 definition
a female elephant
(H2B) [Printed book page 1295,3]
हस्तिनी (hastinī) (इनी (inī)), f. a female elephant, AV. &c. &c. [ID=262441]
हस्तिनी (hastinī) (इनी (inī)), f. a female elephant, AV. &c. &c. [ID=262441]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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