अतट

{ ataṭa }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

अ- तट  mfn.  mfn. having no beach or shore, precipitous, [Śāk.]

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अ- तट  m.  m. a precipice

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   the third hell
अतल    cf..

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

अतट [ataṭa] a.  a. [न. ब.]
    having no shore or beach; precipitate, steep
   टः A precipice, a steep crag.
  N. N. of a hill.
   The lower part of the earth. -Comp
-प्रपातः   a steep precipice; a fall headlong form a precipice; a precipitate fall; मनोरथानामतटप्रपातः [Ś.6.1.] of my hopes there is a precipitate fall. ( some read the line as मनोरथा नाम तटप्रपातः and take it to mean 'verily our desires are like the crumblings of river banks'.)

Shabda-Sagara

अतट  m.  ( -टः) A precipice.
    E. अ neg. and तट a back.

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