kāṣṭhā

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[apte] 1 A quarter or region of the world, direction, region (diś) Ki. 3. 55. --2 A limit, boundary; svayaṃ viśīrṇadrumaparṇavṛttitā parā hi kāṣṭhā ta- pasaḥ Ku. 5. 28. --3 The last limit, extre- mity, pitch, climax, excess; kāṣṭhā- gatasneharasānuviddhaṃ Ku. 3. 35. --4 Race- ground, course. --5 A mark, goal. --6 The path of the wind and clouds in the atmosphere. --7 A measure of time = (1/30) Kalā. --8 Water. --9 The sun....

[mw] f. a place for running, race-ground, course (also the course, path or track of the wind and clouds in the atmosphere) RV. 281,2 50074 f. the mark, goal, limit VS.; TS.; S3Br. &c 281,2 50075 f. the highest limit, top, summit, pitch Kum.; Das3. &c 281,2 50076 f. a quarter or region of the world, cardinal point Naigh.; Nir.; MBh. &c 281,2 50077

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1 A quarter or region of the world, direction, region (diś) Ki. 3. 55. --2 A limit, boundary; svayaṃ viśīrṇadrumaparṇavṛttitā parā hi kāṣṭhā ta- pasaḥ Ku. 5. 28. --3 The last...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

107

Texts Appeared In

30

DCS: name of a Dānava | Monier-Williams: N. of a town.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 19 17.8%
2. Matsyapurāṇa 14 13.1%
3. Viṣṇupurāṇa 11 10.3%
4. Liṅgapurāṇa 10 9.3%
5. Kūrmapurāṇa 8 7.5%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: kāṣṭhām

  āsthitena parāṃ kāṣṭhām acirād avarotsyasi

• Matsyapurāṇa surface: kāṣṭhāḥ

  paricintya sa kālajñaḥ kalākāṣṭhāśca vīryavān

• Mahābhārata surface: kāṣṭhā

  kalā kāṣṭhā muhūrtāś ca pakṣā māsā ṛtus tathā