आ-यतन n. n. resting-place, support, seat, place, home, house, abode,
[TS.] ;
[ŚBr.] ;
[ChUp.] ;
[AitBr.] ;
[Mn.] ;
[Yājñ.] ;
[Kum.] &c.
अग्न्य्-आयतन the place of the sacred fire (= ),
KātyŚr.;
[ĀśvŚr.] and,
[ĀśvGṛ.] an altar
a shed for sacrifices
a sanctuary,
[ChUp.] ;
[R.] ;
[Mn.] ;
[Pañcat.] &c.
a plot of ground, the site of a house
a barn,
[Yājñ. ii, 154] the cause of a disease,
[Suśr.] (with
Buddhists) the five senses and
मनस् (considered as the inner seats or
आयतनs) and the qualities perceived by the above (the outer
आयतनs).