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antevasin

antevasin noun: a disciple dwelling in or near the house of the teacher.

Noun

antevasin (plural antevasins)

  1. (Hinduism, historical) A disciple dwelling in or near the house of the teacher.
  2. (Hinduism) Someone who lives on the border of two worlds: the materialistic and the transcendental.

Forms of antevasin

pluralantevasins

Origin of antevasin

From Sanskrit अन्तेवासिन् (antevāsin).

Questions about antevasin

What does antevasin mean?
Antevasin means a disciple dwelling in or near the house of the teacher.
What part of speech is antevasin?
Antevasin is a noun.
What is the plural of antevasin?
The plural of antevasin is antevasins.

Words near antevasin in the dictionary

  1. antetemples
  2. antetorsion
  3. antetype
  4. antetypes
  5. antevaginal
  6. antevasin
  7. antevasins
  8. antevenient
  9. anteverbal
  10. anteversion
  11. anteversions

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