niṣṭya

Dictionary meanings for niṣṭya from Apte and Monier-Williams.

apte + mw

niṣṭya

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. Ved. Foreign, exotic. ṣṭyaḥ An outcast, a Cāṇḍāla or Mleccha.

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

mfn. (fr. nis+tya; cf. Pa1n2. 4-2, 104; viii, 3, 101) external, foreign, strange RV.; AV.; VS.; S3Br. 563,1 110915 m. a Can2d2a1la caṇḍāla or Mleccha mleccha L. 563,1 110916 f. N. of a lunar mansion (= svāti) TBr.; A1pGr2. 071251 563,1 110917

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