वीतंस

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वी-तंस  m.  m. ( fr. 1. वि + त्°; cf. वि-त्°) a cage or net or any enclosure for catching or confining or keeping birds or beasts, [Hcar.]

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वी तंस

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वीतंस  m.  ( -सः)
1. A cage, a chain or net, &c. for confining birds or beasts.
2. An enclosure for tranquillising or taming them, an aviary, a menagerie.
3. A place for keeping game, a preserve.
E. वि before तसि to adorn, aff. घञ्; the vowel of the prefix made long.

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वि तसि घञ्;