विस्तर

{ vistarḥ }

A dictionary, Marathi and English

vistara m S Prolixity, diffuseness. 2 Expansion, extension. In this sense more commonly विस्तार.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 m  Expansion. Prolixity.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 पु. १ विस्तार ; प्रसार ; पसारा ; फैलाव २ लांबण ; पाल्हाळ . कथवे बहु युक्त विस्तरें न मला - मोभीष्म ३ . ३८ . [ सं . वि + स्तृ ] विस्तरणें - अक्रि . १ पसरणें . २ लांबण लावणें ; पाल्हाळ करणें .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वि-स्तर  mfn.  mfn. extensive, long (as a story), [Sāh.]

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वि-स्तर  f.  m. ( ifc. f( आ).; cf. वि-स्तार and, [Pāṇ. 3-3, 31]; [Vām. v, 2, 41]) spreading, extension, expansion, prolixity, diffuseness, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

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वि-स्तर  m.  m. a multitude, number, quantity, assemblage, large company, [Mn.]; [R.]; [VarBṛS.] &c.

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becoming large or great (met. applied to the heart), [Daś.]
high degree, intensity, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [BhP.]
( pl.) great wealth or riches, [MBh.]
वि-स्तर  n.  m. detail, particulars, full or detailed description, amplification (also as direction to a narrator = विस्तरेण कार्यम्, ‘give full particulars’; °रेण ind. or °रात् ind. diffusely, at length, fully, in detail; °री-√ कृ, to spread, divulge, expand), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.

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वि-स्तर  m.  m. ( ifc.) an extensive treatise, [CūlUp.]

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affectionate solicitation, [L.]
वि-ष्टर   a layer, bed, couch (= ), [L.]

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The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

विस्तरः [vistarḥ]   1 Extension, expansion.
Minute details, detailed description, minute particulars; संक्षिप्तस्याप्यतोऽ- स्यैव वाक्यस्यार्थगरीयसः । सुविस्तरतरा वाचो भाष्यभूता भवन्तु मे [Śi. 2.24;] (विस्तरेण, विस्तरतः, विस्तरशः 'in detail, at length, fully, with minute details, with full particulars'; अङ्गुलिमुद्राधिगमं विस्तरेण श्रोतुमिच्छामि [Mu.1;] विस्तरेणात्मनो योगं विभूतिं च जनार्दन (भूयः कथय) [Bg.1.18] ).
Prolixity, diffuseness; अलं विस्तरेण.
Abundance, quantity, multitude, number; उभे पुरवरे रम्ये विस्तरैरुपशोभिते [Rām. 7.11.14.]
A bed, layer.
A seat, stool.
Affectionate solicitation.
High degree, intensity.
(pl.) Great wealth, riches.

Shabda-Sagara

विस्तर  m.  ( -रः)
1. Spreading, expansion.
2. Prolixity, minute detail.
3. Affection or affectionate solicitation.
4. Number, assemblage.
5. Abundance, quantity.
6. A seat, a stool.
7. A bed, a layer.
E. वि before स्तृ to spread over or cover, aff. अप् .

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