Agnishvatta, Agniṣvāttā, Agniṣvātta, Agni-shvatta, Agnisvātta: 13 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Agniṣvāttā and Agniṣvātta can be transliterated into English as Agnisvatta or Agnishvatta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAgniṣvātta (अग्निष्वात्त):—(agni + svātta von svad) adj. vom Feuer gekostet, verzehrt; wie agnidagdha von den dem Feuer übergebenen Todten und sofort als Bezeichnung der Manen (pitaraḥ) gebraucht, [Ṛgveda 10, 15, 11.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 19, 58 - 61. 21, 43. 24, 18.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2, 6, 1, 6. 7. 29.] Erscheinen [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 195. 199.] als Kinder Marīci’s und als Manen der Götter und Brahmanen; vgl. [Harivaṃśa 954] (agnisvāttāḥ, so auch [Śabdamālā im Śabdakalpadruma][?) und Viṣṇupurāṇa 84. 239.]
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Agnisvātta (अग्निस्वात्त):—s. agniṣvātta .
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Agniṣvātta (अग्निष्वात्त):—auch [Mahābhārata 2, 462] (svātta ed. Calc.). [Oxforder Handschriften 39,b. 39.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAgniṣvātta (अग्निष्वात्त):—Adj. vom Feuer verzehrt , Bez. der Manen und später m. Pl. Bez. bestimmter Manen.
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Partial matches: Svatta, Agni, Ani.
Ends with: Anagnishvatta.
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