आयतनम् [āyatanam] [आयतन्तेऽत्र, यत् आधारे ल्युट्]
Place, abode, house, resting-place; भूमेर्महदायतनं वृष्णीष्व Kaṭh.1.1.23. (fig. also); शूलायतनाः Mu.7 hangmen; स्नेहस्तदेकायतनं जगाम
[Ku.7.5] was centred in her;
[R.3.36;] सर्वा- विनयानामेकैकमप्येषामायतनम्
[K.13;] ˚मृगेण 13 domestic deer;
[Chāṇ.32;] (hence) a receptacle, home, support, seat.
The place of the sacred fire, altar, shed for sacrifices.
A sanctuary, sacred place; as in देवायतनम्, मठायतनम् &c. यथाक्रमविशेषेण सर्वाण्यायतनानि च । दर्शितानि
[Mb.13.156.11;] विजने वायतने गिरौ वने वा ।
[Bu. Ch. 5.19.] The site of a house, ground-plot.
A barn;
[Y.2.154.] An inner seat (with Buddhists who consider the five senses with manas as the six Āyatanas).
The cause of disease.