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column meaning in Sanskrit

स्थूणा sthū́ṇā

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column in Sanskrit: स्थूणा (sthū́ṇā). In English, column means a solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.

Sanskrit words for column

column, pillar
स्थूणा sthū́ṇā

English meaning of column

  1. noun A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
  2. noun A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.
  3. noun A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
  4. noun A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.

Full definition of column

column in a sentence

  • It was too hard to read the text across the whole page, so I split it into two columns.
  • Each column inch costs $300 a week; this ad is four columns by three inches, so will run $3600 a week.
  • His initial foray into print media was as the author of a weekly column in his elementary-school newspaper.

Synonyms of column

column in other languages

Questions about column in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of column in Sanskrit?
Column in Sanskrit is स्थूणा (sthū́ṇā).
column इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Column: स्थूणा (sthū́ṇā).
What does column mean in English?
Column means a solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “column”: स्थूणा. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: column (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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