vastu

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[apte] n. [vas-tun] 1 A really existing thing, the real, a reality; vastunyavastvāropo'jñānam. --2 A thing in general, an object, article, substance, matter; athavā mṛdu vastu hiṃsituṃ mṛdunaivāra- bhate kṛtāṃtakaḥ R. 8. 45; kiṃ vastu vi- dvan gurave pradeyaṃ 5. 18, 3. 5; vastunīṣṭe- pyanādaraḥ S. D. --3 Wealth, property, possessions. --4 Essence, natuer, na- tural or essential property. --5 Stuff (of which a thing is...

[mw] 1. 2. vastu., see pp. 931 and 932. 120611 933,2 189230

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n. [vas-tun] 1 A really existing thing, the real, a reality; vastunyavastvāropo'jñānam. --2 A thing in general, an object, article, substance, matter; athavā mṛdu vastu hiṃsituṃ...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

105

Texts Appeared In

35

DCS: untrue; false; lying

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Garuḍapurāṇa 11 10.5%
2. Arthaśāstra 8 7.6%
3. Carakasaṃhitā 6 5.7%
4. Mahābhārata 6 5.7%
5. Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra 6 5.7%

Concordance (Sample)

• Mahābhārata surface: vāstu

  spardhamānasya śakreṇa paśyedaṃ yajñavāstviha

• Vaikhānasagṛhyasūtra surface: vāstu

  vāstupṛṣṭhe śunāṃ ca patitānāṃ ca śvapacāṃ pāparogiṇām

• Vaikhānasagṛhyasūtra surface: vāstuni

  nave vāstunyuṣite 'pi sūtakapretakayorvāpayitvā mṛnmayāni bhāṇḍāni purāṇāni tyak