excavation meaning in Sanskrit
पाताल pātāla
/ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃn/
excavation in Sanskrit: पाताल (pātāla), खात (khāta). In English, excavation means the act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
Sanskrit words for excavation
- an excavation, a hole in the earth
- पाताल pātāla
- excavation
- खात khāta
English meaning of excavation
- noun The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
- noun Especially, the trade of digging engineered holes for building foundations, roadbed preparations, and similar purposes.
- noun A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
- noun An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
excavation in a sentence
- Near-synonyms: hollowing out, hollowing
Synonyms of excavation
excavation in other languages
Questions about excavation in Sanskrit
- What is the meaning of excavation in Sanskrit?
- Excavation in Sanskrit is पाताल (pātāla), खात (khāta).
- excavation इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
- Excavation: पाताल (pātāla), खात (khāta).
- What does excavation mean in English?
- Excavation means the act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “excavation”: खात, पाताल. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: excavation (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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