The corpus record — Sanskrit

hastini

Adj

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Where it lives

Aitareya Upanisad 2 · 4.13/10k
Bhagavad Gita 1 · 1.16/10k
Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. هَستِن-

hastin- Adj. mit Händen versehen, geschickthändig (RV 3,36.7). mit einer Hand versehen (Arm), an der Hand befindlich (Finger) [RV 5,64,7 bzw. 9,80,5; s. Renou, EVP 7 (1960) 45.9 (1961) 90]; schon in RV (1,64,7; 4,16,14) 4° mit mrega- „das handige, mit [Rüssel-]Hand versehene Tier“ = „Elefant“ (s o II 371; vgl. lat. manus "Hand = Elefantenrüssel’ u.a., KEWA HÄ 813 II 563 und Anm. *, 0.1309), AV + hastin- m. Elefant, … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. hastin-, p. 840]

2. هَستِن

hastin mfn. having hands, clever or dexterous with the h˚ , RV. ; AV.

3. هَستِن

(with mṛga, ‘the animal with a h˚ i.e. with a trunk’, an elephant; cf. dantah), ib.

4. هَستِن

having (or sitting on) an el˚ , MārkP.

In the wild

hastino Aitareya Upanisad aitup_3.3
hastino Aitareya Upanisad aitup_3.4
hastini Bhagavad Gita 5.18
hastino Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_4,3.16

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. hastin (vol. 2, scan pp. 840-841; entry #6238).

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