As a deity name
Name 386 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
संस्थान · noun · masculine
ठहरने की क्रिया या भाव । ठहराव । स्थिति · खड़ा रहना । डटा रहना । जमा रहना · सन्निवेश । बैठाना । स्थापन । विन्यास — Śabdasāgara
संस्थान · adj
स्थावर · सदृश । समान — Śabdasāgara
संस्थान · saṅsthan · s.m.
A collection, aggregation, heap, quantity, crowd; the aggregation of primitive atoms, primary formation; conformation, configuration; form, figure, shape, fabrication, construction — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 684
संस्थान · masculine
institute (of learning)
Cited formation "संस्थान" is संस्थ + -आन: संस्थ means "निज देशवासी । स्वदेशवासी । अपने देश का", and the suffix -आन forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(9) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "संस्थान" is संस्था + -न: संस्था means "institute, organization, institution", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi संस्थान — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit संस्थान (saṃsthāna).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
saṃ-sthāna mfn. standing together, MW.
like, resembling, W.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
abode, dwelling-place, habitation, &c.
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Dictionary citations
saṃ-sthāna mfn. standing together, MW.
like, resembling, W.
applied to Viṣṇu, MBh.
saṃ-sthāna m. (pl.) N. of a people, ib.
saṃ-sthāna n. (ifc. f(ā). ) staying or abiding in (comp.), Hit. (cf. dūra-s˚)
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