वनिष्ठु

{ vaniṣṭhuḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वनिष्ठु  m.  m. a part of the entrails of an animal offered in sacrifice ( accord. to Sch. either ‘the rectum’ or ‘a partic. part of the intestines near the omentum’), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

वनिष्ठुः [vaniṣṭhuḥ]   [वन्-इष्ठुच् [Uṇ.4.2] ] Ved.
Part of the entrails of an animal offered in sacrifice.
The rectum.

Shabda-Sagara

वनिष्ठु  m.  ( -ष्ठुः) The entrails of an animal offered in sacrifice.
E. वन् to worship, इष्ठुच् Unādi aff.

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वन् इष्ठुच्