Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

avastu अवस्तु – a worthless thing

substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

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avastu ·n. a slight or bad thing; nonentity, unreality. Abstr. °tva n.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

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avastu a-vastu, u, n. a worthless thing; nothing; insubstantiality, the unreality of matter.

Petersburger 1855 substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive neuter

avastu (3. a + va˚) n. eine werthlose Sache KUMĀRAS. 5,66. vedāntamate . ajñānādisaphalajaḍasamūhaḥ . ŚKDR.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

avastu Z. 2 lies sakala st. saphala; die Stelle steht VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 20 und avastu bedeutet hier das Unreale, Unding; vgl. KATHĀS. 63,190. KAP. 1,20. KAP. 1,78. avastutva KAP. 1,79.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive neuter

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avastu n. — 1〉 werthlose Sache. — 2〉 Unding, das Unreale Chr. 258,3. Chr. 258,9. Chr. 274,5. Dazu Nom. abstr. ˚tva n.

Apte 1890 substantive neuter

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avastu n. [kutsitārthe nañ] 1 A worthless thing or matter; avastunirbaṃdhapare kathaṃ nu te Ku. 5. 66 intent on a bad object. 2 Unreality (of matter), insubstantiality; vastunyavastvāropo'jñānaṃ attribution of unreality; — tā, — tvaṃ unreality.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

avastu n. schlechtes Ding; Unding, Unreales (ph.), Abstr. ˚tva n.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

GoS 1 occurrence
GoS 95–100: Dream and Discerning Knowledge 1 occurrence

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