altar meaning in Sanskrit
मान mā́na
UK/ˈɒl.tə/
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altar in Sanskrit: मान (mā́na), पीठ (pīṭha), आयतन (āyátana), स्थान (sthā́na). In English, altar means a table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.
Sanskrit words for altar
- altar
- मान mā́na, पीठ pīṭha
- altar, shed for sacrifices
- आयतन āyátana
- an altar
- स्थान sthā́na
English meaning of altar
- noun A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.
- noun A raised area around an altar in a church; the sanctuary.
- noun Any (real or notional) place where something is worshipped or sacrificed to.
altar in other languages
- altar in Hindi
- altar in Tamil
- altar in Marathi
- altar in Urdu
- altar in Bengali
- altar in Telugu
- altar in Malayalam
- altar in Kannada
- altar in Punjabi
- altar in Gujarati
- altar in Odia
- altar in Sinhala
- altar in Nepali
- altar in Tagalog
- altar in Arabic
- altar in Malay
- altar in Indonesian
- altar in Persian
- altar in Thai
- altar in Vietnamese
- altar in Myanmar
Questions about altar in Sanskrit
- What is the meaning of altar in Sanskrit?
- Altar in Sanskrit is मान (mā́na), पीठ (pīṭha), आयतन (āyátana), स्थान (sthā́na).
- altar इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
- Altar: मान (mā́na), पीठ (pīṭha), आयतन (āyátana), स्थान (sthā́na).
- What does altar mean in English?
- Altar means a table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.
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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “altar”: आयतन, पीठ, मान, स्थान. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: altar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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