touchstone meaning in Sanskrit
शाण śāṇa
/ˈtʌt͡ʃstəʊn/
touchstone in Sanskrit: शाण (śāṇa). In English, touchstone means a stone used to verify the quality of gold alloys by rubbing them in order to leave a visible trace.
Sanskrit words for touchstone
- touchstone
- शाण śāṇa
English meaning of touchstone
- noun A stone used to verify the quality of gold alloys by rubbing them in order to leave a visible trace.
- noun A standard of comparison or evaluation.
touchstone in a sentence
- Near-synonym: comparator
Synonyms of touchstone
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Questions about touchstone in Sanskrit
- What is the meaning of touchstone in Sanskrit?
- Touchstone in Sanskrit is शाण (śāṇa).
- touchstone इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
- Touchstone: शाण (śāṇa).
- What does touchstone mean in English?
- Touchstone means a stone used to verify the quality of gold alloys by rubbing them in order to leave a visible trace.
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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “touchstone”: शाण. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: touchstone (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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