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    See also aṅguṣṭhaḥ.


    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 11.
    aṅguṣṭha m. (-ṣṭhaḥ) The thumb.

    E. aṅgu here said to be the hand, and ṣṭha, from sthā to stay.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 10, col. 1.
    aṅguṣṭha (ṣṭhaḥ) 1. m. The thumb.

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 21, col. 1.
    aṅguṣṭha Tatpur. m. (-ṣṭhaḥ) 1 The thumb. 2 The great toe. 3 A

    thumb's breadth, as a linear measure which is said to be

    a measure of six barley corns. This seems, however, not

    to be correct, because twelve aṅguṣṭhas are given by the

    same authority as equal to a Vitasti or span. See aṅgula.

    E. aṅgu here said to mean the hand, and stha.

    Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 7, col. 2.
    aṅguṣṭha aṅguṣṭha, i. e. aṅgu-stha (cf.

    aṅgula), m. 1. The thumb. 2. The

    great toe. 3. A thumb's breadth as a

    measure.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    p. 8, col. 2.
    aṅguṣṭha aṅguṣṭha, as, m. (the smallest

    aṅga or limb?), the thumb; the great toe; a thumb's

    breadth, usually regarded as equal to an aṅgula.

    —Aṅguṣṭha-mātra, as, ī, am, or aṅguṣṭha-

    mātraka, as, ikā, am, having the length or size of

    a thumb.

    Lanman’s Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

    p. 112, col. 2.
    aṅgúṣṭha, m. thumb. [for mg, cf. áṅga.]

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 5.
    aṅgúṣṭha m. thumb or great toe; aṅguṣṭha°mātra & aṅguṣṭhamātraka a. having the length of a thumb.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 4, col. 2.
    aṅguṣṭha aṅgú-ṣṭha, m. thumb; breadth of the
    thumb (as a measure); great toe.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    p. 8, col. 2.
    aṅgúṣṭha m. the thumb
    p. 8, col. 2.
    the great toe
    p. 8, col. 2.
    a thumb's breadth, usually regarded as equal to an aṅgula.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 9, col. 2.
    aṅguṣṭha

    m. (-ṣṭhaḥ) The thumb.

    E. aṅgu here said to be the hand, and ṣṭha,
    from sthā to stay.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    p. 10, col. 2.
    aṅguṣṭha aṅguṣṭha m. (sthā) pouce.

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    p. 7, col. 2.
    aṅguṣṭha- m. pouce, gros orteil; largeur du pouce (unité de longueur).

    °parvan- nt. articulation du pouce.

    °mūla- nt. racine du pouce.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    vol. 1, p. 58.
    aṅguṣṭha P. 8, 3, 97. im Veda aṅguṣṭhá, in der klass. Spr. aṅgúṣṭha ŚĀNT. 1, 15. m.

    1) Daumen AK. 2, 6, 2, 33. H. 592. ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1, 3. u. s. w. BṚH. ĀR. UP. 6, 4, 5. aṅgúṣṭha ŚAT. BR. 1, 3, 5, 7. 3, 1, 2, 4. aṅguṣṭhaprabhṛti adv. KĀTY. ŚR. 7, 7, 15. aṅguṣṭhaparvamātra 1, 9, 6. aṅguṣṭhaparvavṛttapuṣkara 1, 3, 38. aṅguṣṭhamūla M. 2, 59.

    — 2) die grosse Zehe H. 617. KĀTY. ŚR. 3, 1, 7. pādāṅguṣṭha R. 1, 1, 63. 4, 9, 91.

    — 3) die Breite des Daumens (als Längenmaass) = aṅgula 3. TRIK. 2, 2, 2. aṅguṣṭhamātra KAṬHOP. 4, 12. 6, 17. ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 3, 13. SĀV. 5, 16. aṅguṣṭhamātraka N. 14, 9.

    — Vgl. aṅga, aṅguri, aṅgula, aṅguli .

    vol. 5, p. 954.
    aṅguṣṭha

    2) hierher wohl: mātaṅgāḥ - aṅkuśāṅguṣṭhanoditāḥ MBH. 9, 1005.

    — 3) vgl. Ind. St. 8, 437.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    vol. 1, p. 13, col. 1.
    aṅgúṣṭha m.

    — 1) Daumen ; grosse Zehe.

    — 2) = aṅgula 1).

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    p. 4, col. 1.
    aṅgúṣṭha m. Daumen; grosse Zehe.

    Vācaspatyam

    p. 81, col. 2.
    aṅguṣṭha pu0 aṅgau pāṇau prādhānyena tiṣṭhati sthāka 7 ta0
    ṣatvam . vṛddhāṅgulau . ambāmbeti sūtre'ṅguśabdaprayogāt
    aṅguśabdaḥ hastavācītijñāpitam . aṅguṣṭhodaramadhye
    tu yavo yasya virājate iti sāmu0 .

    The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

    vol. 1, p. 11.
    Aṅguṣṭha. — As a measure of size this word appears in the

    Kāṭhaka Upaniṣad (iv. 12; vi. 17).

    The Purāṇa Index

    vol. 1, p. 26.
    Aṅguṣṭha — gifts, receiving of gifts, homa, feeding, bali

    offering, all to be done.

    Vā. 79. 88.

    Tāntrikābhidhānakośa

    vol. 1, p. 96.