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धिष्ण्य

अग्न्यगार, यज्ञवेदी-विषेश, उशनस्, शक्ति

place for the sacrificial fire, epithet of usanas, power, strength

Monier–Williams

धिष्ण्य — {dhíṣṇya} mfn. mindful, attentive, benevolent, liberal (Aśvins) i, 3, 2 ; 89, 4 &c##devout, pious (voice, hymn), x, 114, 9##m. (f. {ā} only iv, 3, 6##n. i, 7944) a sort of subordinate or side-altar (generally a heap of earth covered with sand on which the fire is placed, and of which 8 are enumerated, viz. besides the {āgnīdhrīya} {in the āagnīdhra} those in the Sadas {see s.v.} belonging to the {hotṛ}, the {maitrā-varuṇa} or {pra-śastṛ}, the {brāhmaṇācchaṃsin}, the {potṛ}, {neṣṭṛ} and {acchā-vāka}##and the {mārjālīya}) &c. (cf. {kḷpta-}) &c##N. of Uśanas, i.e. the planet Venus (cf. {dhiṣaṇa})##({ā}) f. a meteor (n. only v, 7272)##n. site, place, abode, region, house &c##the seat of a god, i.e. a quarter of the sky##star, asterism (looking like the fire on the side altars)##the orb of an asterism (on which its light seems to centre)##power, strength##mfn. placed upon a mound of earth serving as an altar &c##m. (with or scil. {agni}) a fire so placed &c