Abhishti, ṣṭ, īṣṭ: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms ṣṭ and īṣṭ can be transliterated into English as Abhisti or Abhishti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṣṭ (अभिष्ट�) or īṣṭ (अभीष्टि).�a. (Ved.) To be worshipped by offering srcrifices (. ⲹṣṭⲹ); an assistant, a protector, one who is praised or worshipped as a protector, one who approaches to assist or attack, one who assails or overpowers an enemy, one who approaches in order to obtain, desiring, desire (these meanings are given by European scholars).
-ṣṭ� f. Assistance, help, worshipping, praising; a sacrifice; a hymn; approaching to assist or approaching in general; access.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṣṭ (अभिष्ट�).�1. [adjective] superior, victorious.
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ṣṭ (अभिष्ट�).�2. [feminine] help, aid.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ṣṭ (अभिष्ट�):—[=-ṣṭ] a m. (s-ti, [from] �1. as cf. 1. [plural] s-mas, etc.) an assistant, protector [‘one who is superior or victorious� [Boehtlingk’s Sanskrit-Woerterbuch in kuerzerer fassung]], (generally said of Indra), [Ṛg-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]
2) [v.s. ...] f. (-ṣṭs) assistance, protection, help, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā] (cf. -ṣṭ.)
3) īṣṭ (अभीष्टि):—[from ī�] f. wish, [Pbr.]
4) ṣṭ (अभिष्ट�):—[=-ṣṭ] [from abhy-as] b See sub voce
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṣṭ (अभिष्ट�):—[tatpurusha compound] (ved.) I. 1. f.
(-ṣṭ�) 1) Approaching, moving towards, access; e. g. Ṛgv.: abhīmavanvantsvṣṭmūtayontarikṣaprā� taviṣībhirāvṛtam . indram &c. (ⲹṇa: = śobhanābhyeṣaṇavanta� śobhanābhigamanamityartha� i. e. with graceful motion); or sa vetasu� daśamāya� daśoṇi� tūtujimindra� svṣṭsumna� &c. (.: = suṣṭvabhyeṣaṇīyānyabhigamyāni sumnāni sukhāni yena deyāni i. e. who bestows happiness that is easy of access); comp. also ṣṭܳԲ; or Ṛgv., Vājas.: vanemā te ṣṭbhi� (Ѳī.: = �, but comp. Ii. 1.).
2) Approaching in order to assist, assistance, help, protection; e. g. Ṛgv.: (indra) pāhi no dūrādārādṣṭbhi� sadā pāhyṣṭbhi� (.: = 岵Բ� or abhita eṣaṇai�); or yābhi� kaṇvamṣṭbhi� prāvata� yuvamaśvinā . tābhi� &c. (.: = apekṣitābhī rakṣābhi�).
3) The object to be approached or aimed at, wish, desire; e. g. Ṛgv.: ūtīryuvoraha citra abhīke abhavannabhiṣṭaya� (.: = sarvai� prāṇibhirabhyeṣaṇīyā abhavan); or śatenā no ṣṭbhirniyutvāṃ~ indrasārathi� (.: = abhita eṣaṇīyai� kāmai�); or Ṛgv.: indra sadyaścittamabhiṣṭaye karo vaśaśca vājinam (.: = ٲٲ, but see also Ii. 1.); or Ṛgv., Vājas.: yo nūna� mitrāvaruṇāvabhiṣṭaya ācakre (Ѳī.: = ٲⲹ); or deva� deva� vovase deva� devamabhiṣṭaye (.: = abhilaṣitaprāptyartham; Ѳī.: = ṣiٲٲ, the sense of ‘attainment� in the latter instances being rather implied by the fourth case than by the base of the word); or śa� no devīrabhiṣṭaya āpa� (Ѳī.: = īṣṭāya; but comp. Ii. 1.); comp. also ṣṭṛt. 2. m. f.
(-ṣṭ�) 1) One who goes towards; e. g. Ṛgv.: ā ya� pṛṇanti divi sadmabarhiṣa� samudra� na subhva� svā abhiṣṭaya� (.: = ābhimukhyena gamanavatya�).
2) One who approaches with a hostile purpose, attacking, conquering; an enemy; e. g. Ṛgv., Sāmav., Vājas.: (indra) mahāṃ~ ṣṭrojasā (.: = Գ i. e. śٰūṇām, but see also Ii. 2.); or Ṛgv.: indra svarṣ� janayannahāni jigāyośigbhi� pṛtanā ṣṭ� (.: = Գ i. e. abhibhāvuka� san); comp. also ṣṭ.
3) One who approaches for the sake of a desire, desirous of; e. g. Ṛgv.: ūrjo napādabhiṣṭaye (.: = abhīcchate mahyamanna� prayaccheti śeṣa�). E. According to ⲹṇa, i� with abhi, kṛt aff. ktin, when ṣṭ would stand in the room of īṣṭi, analogously to śakandhu, halīṣ� &c. for śakāndhu, haleṣ� &c.; a more plausible E., however, seems to be ٳ with abhi, kṛt or u�. aff. ki, when ṣṭ would stand instead of ṣṭ, analogously to suṣṭu, duṣṭu, pulasti (explained by Ѳī. to . 16. 43.: parogre tiṣṭhati pulasti� . yasya tatva� chāndasa� rasya latva� ca) &c.; an E. as ‘to be� with abhi. kṛt aff. ktin, which is countenanced, too, by another explanation offered by Ѳī on pulasti, might apply to the meaning ‘attacking, conquering�, but would be scarcely reconcilable with the meanings implying ‘aDz� and ‘aٲԳ�. Ii. 1. f.
(-ṣṭ�) Sacrificing towards, in presence of or completely, a complete sacrifice; e. g. Ṛgv.: indra sadyaścittamabhiṣṭaye &c. (see above 1. 1. 3.; the word being explained by . also ābhimukhyena yāgāya); or vanemā te ṣṭbhi� (.: = �; comp. also I. 1. 1. and Iii. 1.); or śa� no devīrabhiṣṭaya āpa� (see above 1. 1. 3.; .: = ⲹñⲹ); or Vājas.: daivī� dhiya� manāmahe sumṛḍīkamabhiṣṭaye (Ѳī.: = abhi samantādyajanamṣṭḥ…abhimukhatvena prāptasya yajñasya siddhyartham); comp. also ṣṭṛt. 2. m.
(-ṣṭ�) One to be worshipped by a sacrifice; e. g. Ṛgv.: mahāṃ~ ṣṭrojasā (see above I. 2. 2.; . in the corresponding 峾岹- verse: = ābhimukhyena yaṣṭavya�, besides abhyeṣaṇaśīlo vā śatrūṇām); or Vājas.: īḍito devairharivāṃ~ 2 .. ṣṭrājuhvāno haviṣ� śardhamāna� (where the word has the same sense and need not be explained as a [bahuvrihi compound], as Ѳī. does: abhi samantādiṣṭiryāgo yasya; comp. also Iii. 2.). E. yaj with abhi, kṛt aff. ktin; comp. the remark under E. I. Iii. 1. f.
(-ṣṭ�) Praise, an encomiastic hymn; e. g. Ṛgv.: vanemā te ṣṭbhi� (see 1. 1. 1. and Ii. 1.; ⲹṇa giving besides the quoted explanation also the sense ٴdzٰ�). 2. m.
(-ṣṭ�) One who is praised; e. g. Vājas.: īḍito devairhariśāṃ~ 2 .. ṣṭ� (see Ii. 2.; Ѳī. giving besides the quoted explanation also the following: abhiṣṭūyata ityṣṭ�). E. stu with abhi, u�. aff. ḍi (accord. to Ѳī). [The meanings s. Ii. and Iii. and the corresponding Ee. do not appear required by the context in the passages where the word occurs; and the commentators themselves either disagree or give the option of the meanings s. I. The Ṛgv. Prātisākhya observes that if ṣṭ precedes as first part of a compound another word beginning with a s, this s does not become �; e. g. svṣṭsumna, not svṣṭṣumṇa.]
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