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    See also anantavant, anaṃtavat.


    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 68, col. 2.
    anantavat I. m. f. n. (-vān-vatī-vat) Endowed with infinity,

    eternal.

    II. m. (-vān) A name or epithet of one of the four pā-

    das or feet of Brahman (in the symbolical language of the

    Upanishads), consisting of four Kalās or parts, viz. earth,

    intermediate space, heaven and ocean. The other three

    feet are called prakāśavat, jyotiṣmat and āyatanavat

    (qq. vv.).

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

    p. 25, col. 1.
    an-antá—vat mfn. eternal, infinite
    p. 25, col. 1.
    an-antá—vat (ān), m. (in the Upaniṣads) one of Brahmā's four feet (earth, intermediate space, heaven, and ocean).

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 74.
    anantavat a. [astyarthe matup] Endless, eternal. m. One of Brahman's four feet; earth, intermediate region, heaven, and ocean. pṛthivī kalāntarikṣaṃ kalā dyauḥ kalā samudraḥ kalaiṣa vai somya catuṣkalaḥ pādo brahmaṇo'nantavānnāma | Ch. Up.4.6.3.