हस्तिन् [ hastin ] [ hastin ] m. f. n. having hands , clever or dexterous with the hands Lit. RV. Lit. AV.

  ( with [ mṛga ] , " the animal with a hands i.e. with a trunk " , an elephant ; cf. [ dantah ] ) Lit. ib.

  having (or sitting on) an elephant Lit. MārkP.

  [ hastin ] m. an elephant (four kinds of elephant are enumerated ; see [ bhadra ] , [ mandra ] , [ mṛga ] , [ miśtra ] ; some give [ kiliñja-h ] , " a straw elephant " , " effigy of an elephant made of grass " ) Lit. AV.

  (ifc.) the chief or best of its kind g. [ vyāghrādi ]

  a kind of plant (= [ aja-modā ] ) Lit. L.

  N. of a son of Dhṛita-rāshṭra Lit. MBh.

  of a son of Suhotra , (a prince of the Lunar race , described as founder of Hastinā-pura) Lit. ib. Lit. VP.

  of a son of Bṛihat-kshatra Lit. BhP.

  of a son of Kuru Lit. Śatr.

  [ hastinī ] f. a female elephant Lit. AV.

  [ hastin ] m. a kind of drug and perfume (= [ haṭṭa-vilāsinī ] ) Lit. L.

  a woman of a partic. class (one of the 4 classes into which women are divided , described as having thick lips , thick hips , thick fingers , large breasts , dark complexion , and strong sexual passion) Lit. Siṃhâs.

  N. of Hastinā-pura Lit. L.