Dictionary Definition :
Definition[1]
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○vat ind. like the original or primitive element (the ādeśa or substituted form is said to be sthāni-vat when it is liable to all the rules which hold good for the primitive) Pāṇ. 1-1, 56
• [(-vat)-tva] n. the state of being like the original form or element Pāṇ. Sch
• (-vat) -sūtra-vicāra m. N. of wk
• (-vad) -bhāva m. (= -vat-tva) Pat
Source
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Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William
Related
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sthānīya , sthāṇu , sthāṇubhrama , sthāṇubhūta , sthāṇuccheda , sthānin , sthānika , sthānibhūta , sthāneyoga , sthāneśvara