Darshtantika, Dārṣṭāntika: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Dārṣṭāntika can be transliterated into English as Darstantika or Darshtantika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDārṣṭāntika (दार्ष्टान्तिक):—(wie eben) adj. dass. [Scholiast] zu [Kapila 3, 22.] der sich der Beispiele, der Gleichnisse als Beweises bedient [Burnouf 448.]
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Dārṣṭāntika (दार्ष्टान्तिक):—[SARVADARŚANAS. 127, 7.] dṛṣṭāntaṃ dārṣṭāntike yojayati [Scholiast] zu [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 63, 9] in der ed. Bomb.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDārṣṭāntika (दार्ष्टान्तिक):—Adj. —
1) dass. [Śaṃkarācārya .zu.Bādarāyaṇa’s Brahmasūtra 2,3,24.] —
2) der sich der Beispiele , der Gleichnisse als Beweises bedient.
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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Full-text: Dat, Datthamtiya, Darshtanta, Tarshtantikam, Kumaralata, Abhinaya, Sautrantika.
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