koṣṭha

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[apte] a. [kuṣ-than Uṇ. 2. 4] Own. --ṣṭhaḥ 1 Any one of the viscera of the body, such as the heart, lungs &c. --2 The belly, abdomen. --3 An inner apartment. --4 A granary, store-room. --ṣṭhaṃ 1 A surrounding wall. --2 The shell of anything. --Comp. --agāraṃ 1. a store-house, store room; paryāptabharitakoṣṭhāgāraṃ māṃsa- śoṇitairme gṛhaṃ bhaviṣyati Ve. 3; Ms. 9. 280. --2. a treasury. --agārikaḥ 1. an animal living in a...

[mw] m. (kuṣ?; probably related to kukṣ/i and k/ośa), any one of the viscera of the body (particularly the stomach, abdomen) MBh.; Sus3r. &c Page314,3 56869 mn. (as L.; am) a granary, store-room MBh.; BhP. (ifc. f (A).) 314,3 56870 mn. a treasury W. 314,3 56871 m. an inner apartment L. 314,3 56872

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a. [kuṣ-than Uṇ. 2. 4] Own. --ṣṭhaḥ 1 Any one of the viscera of the body, such as the heart, lungs &c. --2 The belly, abdomen. --3 An inner apartment. --4 A granary, store-room....

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

301

Texts Appeared In

35

DCS: furnished with windings or curves or rings; ringed; coiled (as a serpent); furnished with a hood; a serpent or serpent-demon | Monier-Williams: any enclosed space or area, chess square, VarBṛS. liii, 42 ; Hcat. ; Tithyād.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 98 32.6%
2. Suśrutasaṃhitā 65 21.6%
3. Carakasaṃhitā 47 15.6%
4. Garuḍapurāṇa 16 5.3%
5. Āyurvedadīpikā 7 2.3%

Concordance (Sample)

• Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: koṣṭhaḥ

  koṣṭhaḥ krūro mṛdur madhyo madhyaḥ syāt taiḥ samair api

• Rasaratnākara surface: koṣṭhe

  baddhe koṣṭhe tu dīptāgnau taptaṃ kṣīraṃ pibetsadā

• Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: koṣṭha

  koṣṭhāṅgāni sthitāny eṣu hṛdayaṃ kloma phupphusam