Aitihasika, Aitihāsika: 12 definitions
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Aitihasika has 10 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Etihasik.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAitihāsika (ऐतिहासिक):—(von itihāsa)
1) adj. auf eine alte Legende zurückgehend: aitihāsikā kathā [Sāyaṇa] bei [ROSEN] zu [Ṛgveda 1, 6, 5.] aitihāsikānyupākhyānāni [Prabodhacandrodaja 91, 7.] —
2) m. oxyt. Erzähler oder Kenner von Legenden [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 60, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 5.] [Yāska’s Nirukta 2, 16. 12, 1.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAitihāsika (ऐतिहासिक):——
1) Adj. (f. ī) auf eine alte Legende zurückgehend [Sāyaṇa. ] zu [Ṛgveda (roth). 3,31,5.] —
2) m. Erzähler oder Kenner von Legenden.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with: Aitihasika-bhashiki, Aitihasika-bhautikavada, Aitihasika-citra, Aitihasika-pariprekshya, Aitihasika-vyakarana, Aitihasikata, Aitihasikate.
Ends with: Anaitihasika, Pragaitihasika.
Full-text: Aitihasika-bhautikavada, Aitihaasik, Etihasik, Vyakarana, Vyakaran.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 1.89.3 < [Sukta 89]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita (by Nayana Sharma)
Rudra-Śiva in the Medical Texts < [Chapter 8]
Some Thoughts on the Veda and its Study < [January – March, 1978]