Caturvidya, Cāturvidya, Catur-vidya, Caturvidyā: 10 definitions
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Caturvidya has 8 English definitions available.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchCaturvidya (चतुर्विद्य):—(ca + vidyā)
1) adj. die 4 Veda kennend [Siddhāntakaumudī] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher.5,1,124.] —
2) f. ā verstärkt in Ableitt. beide Glieder gaṇa anuśatikādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 7, 3, 20.] — Vgl. caturveda, cāturvaidya .
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Cāturvidya (चातुर्विद्य):—(von catur + vidyā)
1) adj. mit den 4 Veda vertraut [Siddhāntakaumudī] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher.5,1,124.] cāturvidye ca yatpuṇyaṃ satyavādiṣu caiva yat [Mahābhārata 3, 8227.] dvija [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 158.] —
2) n. die 4 Veda [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 250.] [Mahābhārata 12, 1574. 1837.] [Harivaṃśa 9769.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungCaturvidya (चतुर्विद्य):—Adj. die vier Veda kennend [Mahābhārata 3,85,85.] cā v.l.
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Cāturvidya (चातुर्विद्य):——
1) Adj. mit den vier Veda vertraut. Vgl. caturvidya. —
2) n. die vier Veda , Wird von [Nīlakaṇṭha] zu [Mahābhārata] durch die Kenntniss des dharma , artha , kāma und mokṣa erklärt
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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Partial matches: Vidya, Catur.
Full-text: Caturvaidya, Traividya-samanya, Samanya.
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