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    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 98.
    asthāna mfn. (-naḥ-nā-naṃ) See asthāga. n. (-naṃ) A place where there is no firm footing. adv. Unsuitably, unseasonably.

    E. a neg. end, sthāna stopping.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 77, col. 2.
    a-sthā_na (naḥ-nā-naṃ) a. Idem. n. Un-
    seasonable, inopportune.

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

    ☞ p. 107, col. 3.
    asthāna a-sthāna, as, ā, am, (rt. sthā), very

    deep; (am), n. no place, a place where there is no

    firm footing, a bad or wrong place; (am), ind. un-

    suitably, unseasonably; a-sthāne, ind. unseasonably,

    inopportunely.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 215, col. 3.
    asthāna a. Very deep.

    — naṃ

    1 A bad or wrong place; asthāne patatāmatīva mahatāmetādṛśī syādgatiḥ S. D.

    2 An improper place or object or occasion; °varṣī Dk. 81 (= apātradāyin); asthānaṃ paribhūteḥ K. 45.

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 56.
    asthāna n. no stay; no place or the wrong place for (gen). °— & loc. in the wrong place, not in time, without cause.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 35, col. 3.
    asthāna a-sthāna, n. wrong place (for, g.);
    °- or lc. out of place; at the wrong time;
    wrongly.

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

    ☞ p. 122, col. 3.
    a-sthāna n. non-permanency, inconstancy (as of a sound), Jaim.
    ☞ p. 122, col. 3.
    not a (fit) place for (gen.), Kād.
    ☞ p. 1318, col. 3.
    impossibility, Divyāv.
    ☞ p. 1318, col. 3.
    an army which has lost its chief, L.
    ☞ p. 1318, col. 3.
    a-sthāna mfn. deep, L.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 81, col. 1.
    asthāna

    mfn. (-naḥ-nā-naṃ) See asthāga.

    n. (-naṃ) A place where there is no firm
    footing. adv. Unsuitably, unseasonably.

    E. a neg. and sthāna
    stopping.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 297.
    asthāna a. Very deep. -nam 1 A bad or wrong place; asthāne patatāmatīva mahatāmetādṛśī syād gatiḥ S. D. -2 An improper place or object or occasion; ˚varṣī Dk.81 (= apātradāyin); asthānaṃ paribhūteḥ K.45.

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 105, col. 1.
    a-sthāna- nt. lieu impropre à; -e à une mauvaise place; inopportunément.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 5, p. 1082.
    asthāna s. sthāna .

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 152, col. 3.
    1. asthāna n.

    — 1) keine Dauer JAIM. 1,1,7.

    — 2) ungeeigneter Ort für (Gen.) KĀD. 50,4. Loc. asthāne und asthāna° am unrechten Orte , zur unrechten Zeit , mit Unrecht.

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 152, col. 3.
    2. *asthāna Adj. überaus tief.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 37, col. 2.
    asthāna n. kein Ort, der unrechte Ort; °— u. Loc. am unrechten Ort, ohne Grund.

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 87, col. 2.
    1. asthāna Unmöglichkeit, Divyāvad. 174, 1.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 568, col. 1.
    asthāna na0 aprāśastrye na0 ta0 . apakṛṣṭasthāne ayogyasthāne
    “asthāne patatāmatova mahatāmetādṛśī syādgatiḥ” sā0 da0 .

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 85, col. 1.
    asthāna , nt. (= Pali aṭṭhāna), opp. sthāna (4, 5),

    q.v., (1) an impossibility, generally followed by a clause

    introduced by yat: LV 232.17 asthānam etad…yat

    kumāro aprāpya bodhiṃ punar iha āgameyā, it is im-

    possible that the prince should return here without having

    attained enlightenment; Av ii.4.6; often followed by the

    synonym anavakāśo (yat…), as in Pali aṭṭhānaṃ (etaṃ)

    anavakāso: Gv 498.5; Divy 174.1; 207.9; 264.5; 270.13--14;

    Dbh 25.14; Laṅk 198.9 asthānam anavakāśaṃ coktaṃ;

    in cpd. sthānāsthāna, possibilities and impossibilities,

    sound and unsound propositions or conclusions, Bbh 4.8;

    Mv i.134.12 sarvakarmeṣu nānāsthānāsthānakuśalāḥ clever

    in regard to various sound and unsound conclusions (or,

    possibilities and impossibilities) in dealing with all actions;

    sthānāsthāna-jñāna (Pali ṭhānaṭṭhāna-ñāṇa), knowledge

    of…, the first of the 10 bala of a Tathāgata, Mvy 120;

    Dharmas 76; LV 433.4; (2) impropriety (this is closer to

    Skt. usage, BR and pw): in Mv i.101.7 read asthānato

    for mss. asthānanto (Senart em. asthānatāye, unmetr.)

    from (because of) non-place, non-propriety, impropriety, see

    s.v. asthānatā.