sauṣṭhava सौष्ठव – excellence; beauty
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AYI dictionary substantive neuter
excellence; beauty
Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter
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sauṣṭhava ·n. good condition, excellence.
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter
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sauṣṭhava sauṣṭhava, am, n. (fr. su-ṣṭhu), ex- cellence, superior goodness or beauty, extreme skil- fulness, cleverness; excess (of anything); lightness, suppleness, fleetness, a particular division of dramatic composition.
Petersburger 1855 substantive neuter
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saúṣṭhava (von suṣṭhu) n. gaṇa udgātrādi zu P. 5,1,129. am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā. = avaṣṭambha HALĀY. 4,74. Tüchtigkeit, Vortrefflichkeit, Vorzüglichkeit, Frische (im Epos öfters neben lāghava) MBH. 1,5224 (pl.). MBH. 1,5274. MBH. 1,5342. MBH. 1,5368. MBH. 1,5523. MBH. 1,8033. MBH. 5,244. CARAKA 3,8. sthirasauṣṭhavākṛti KATHĀS. 53,196. madodrekasphuratsauṣṭhavāḥ (gomāyavaḥ) Z. d. d. m. G. 27,56. vīta˚ adj. (pṛtanā, śālibhū) RĀJA-TAR. 4,295. BHĀG. P. 3,15,42. aṅgeṣvasauṣṭhavam SĀH. D. 222. rūpa˚ HARIV. 2164. aṅgapratyaṅga˚ R. 5,19,31. BHAR. NĀṬYAŚ. 34,80. NĀṬYAŚ. 34,82. MĀLAV. 14,9. MĀLAV. 17,8. MĀLAV. 20,3. MĀLATĪM. 11,8. KATHĀS. 87,8. mukha˚ SUŚR. 2,137,12. vāk˚ SUŚR. 1,13,10. indriya˚ Spr. (II) 4330. svara˚ ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 2,13. ātma˚ Z. d. d. m. G. 27,61. utthāna˚ KĀM. NĪTIS. 12,14. śayanāśanasauṣṭhavaiḥ KATHĀS. 16,28. akhilasarga˚ BHĀG. P. 10,39,21. eines Buches Ind. St. 5,159. — 2〉 a part of a drama WILSON nach ŚABDĀRTHAK.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive neuter
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sauṣṭhava n. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — 1〉 Tüchtigkeit, Vortrefflichkeit, Vorzüglichkeit, Frische JĀTAKAM. 22,87. 23. 26,1. 28. 31,37. Auch Pl. — 2〉 eine best. Stellung des Körpers (häufig neben lāghava) ŚIŚ. 18,11. 20,20. Beim Tanze S. S. S. 241. — 3〉 *a part of a drama.
Apte 1890 substantive neuter
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sauṣṭhavaṃ [suṣṭhu bhadraṃ tasya bhāvaḥ aṇ] 1 Excellence, goodness, beauty, elegance, superior beauty; sarvāṃgasauṣṭhavābhivyaktaye viralanepathyayoḥ pātrayoḥ praveśo'stu M. 1.; śarīramasauṣṭhavaṃ Māl. 1. 17 ‘not in good trim’. 2 Extreme skilfulness, cleverness. 3 Excess. 4 Suppleness, lightness.
Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter
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sauṣṭhava n. gute Zustand, Tüchigkeit, Wohlhefinden, munterkeit, Kraft.
Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter
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sauṣṭhava sauṣṭhava n. (suṣṭhu) excès, grande quantité; excellence, supériorité. Rapidité, légéreté. Partie de drame.
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