vitasti वितस्ति – hand-span; span
substantive feminine · substantive masculine
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AYI dictionary substantive feminine
hand-span; span
Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
vítasti ·f. span (as a measure of length).
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
vitasti vi-tasti, is, f. (said to be fr. rt. tas or taṃs with prep. vi), a long span measured by the extended thumb and little finger, equal to twelve Aṅgulas.
Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · substantive masculine
Original text · German · substantive feminine · substantive masculine
vítasti (wohl von 1. tan mit vi) UṆĀDIS. 4,181 (oxyt.). m. f. (das m. nicht zu belegen) Spanne, als Maass verschieden definirt: wirkliche Spannbreite; Länge vom Handgelenk bis zur Fingerspitze; zwölf Aṅguli AK. 2,6,2,35. AK. 3,4,1,7. TRIK. 2,2,3. H. 595. HALĀY. 2,383. HIOUENTHSANG I, 60. ŚAT. BR. 10,2,2,8. ŚAT. BR. 10,2,3,11. ŚAT. BR. 10,2,2,14. ĀŚV. GṚHY. 4,1,11. KAUŚ. 85. CARAṆAVYŪHA_in_Ind. St. 3,280. MAHĀNĀR. UP. ebend. 2,92. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 26,9. RĀJA-TAR. 4,600. MĀRK. P. 49,38. fg. BHĀG. P. 2,6,15. PAÑCAR. 3,12,3. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 93,b, N. Accent eines auf vi˚ ausgehenden comp. mit vorangehendem Zahlworte P. 6,2,31.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine · substantive masculine
Original text · German · substantive feminine · substantive masculine
vítasti m. (nur HEMĀDRI 1,121,5. f. 8) f. Spanne, als Maass verschieden definirt; wirkliche Spannbreite, Länge vom Handgelenk bis zur Fingerspitze und = 12 Aṅgula.
Apte 1890 substantive masculine
Original text · English · substantive masculine
vitastiḥ [cf. Uṇ. 4. 181] A measure of length equal to 12 angulas (being the distance between the extended thumb and the little finger).
Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine
Original text · German · substantive feminine
vítasti f. Spanne (als Längemaß).
Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine
Original text · French · substantive feminine
vitasti vitasti f. grand empan, du bout du pouce au bout du petit doigt.
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