विस्तर [ vistara ] [ vi-stara ] m. f. n. extensive , long (as a story) Lit. Sāh.

  [ vistara ] m. (ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) . ; cf. [ vi-stāra ] and Lit. Pāṇ. 3-3 , 31 Lit. Vām. v , 2 , 41) spreading , extension , expansion , prolixity , diffuseness Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  m. a multitude , number , quantity , assemblage , large company Lit. Mn. Lit. R. Lit. VarBṛS.

  becoming large or great (met. applied to the heart) Lit. Daś.

  high degree , intensity , Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv. Lit. BhP.

  (pl.) great wealth or riches Lit. MBh.

  m. detail , particulars , full or detailed description , amplification (also as direction to a narrator = [ vistareṇa kāryam ] , " give full particulars " ; [ °reṇa ] ind. or [ °rāt ] ind. diffusely , at length , fully , in detail ; [ °rī-√ kṛ ] , to spread , divulge , expand) Lit. MBh. Lit. R.

  m. (ifc.) an extensive treatise Lit. CūlUp.

  affectionate solicitation Lit. L.

  a layer , bed , couch (= [ vi-ṣṭara ] ) Lit. L.

  [ vistarā ] f. a partic. Śakti Lit. Hcat.

  [ vistareṇa ] ind. , see [ vistara ] , diffusely , at length , fully , in detail

  [ vistarāt ] ind. , see [ vistara ] , diffusely , at length , fully , in detail