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dṛṣṭānta

dfzwA nta m. ( n. only, R. ii, 109, 37 ) ‘the end or aim of what is seen’, example, paragon, standard, allegory, type, MBh. ; R. &c.

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What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. dṛṣṭānta

dfzwA nta m. ( n. only, R. ii, 109, 37 ) ‘the end or aim of what is seen’, example, paragon, standard, allegory, type, MBh. ; R. &c.

2. dṛṣṭānta

a partic. high number, L.

3. dṛṣṭānta

death, L. ( cf. diṣṭ)

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Sanskrit corpus record built from GRETIL sources (citations and statistics; GRETIL running text is not redistributable). Passage text, where shown, from the Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (CC BY 4.0). Dictionary senses from Monier-Williams (1899, public domain), via the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries.