Gariman: 9 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Gariman (गरिमन्):—(nom. abstr. zu guru) m. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 4, 157.]

1) Schwere: giriṃ garimṇā paritaḥ prakampayan [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 2, 22.] [Śiśupālavadha 9, 49.] die Fähigkeit sich nach Belieben schwer zu machen, eine der 8 Siddhi Śiva’s [Vetālapañcaviṃśati 3. 18.] —

2) Wichtigkeit, Würde, ehrenvolle Stellung: niratiśayaṃ garimāṇaṃ tena jananyāḥ smaranti vidvāṃsaḥ . yat u.s.w. [Pañcatantra I, 36.] gṛhītagariman [Sāhityadarpana 18, 21.] śapyamāne garimaṇi ([BRUNOUF]: le plus respectable des êtres) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 5, 21.]

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Gariman (गरिमन्):—

1) Schwere [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 7, 18.] als Siddhi [Oxforder Handschriften 231,b,9.] = gurutvaprāptiraṅgulyagreṇa candrādisparśanaśaktiḥ [10.] —

2) gāmbhīrya [Kathāsaritsāgara 124, 83. Z. 3] garimaṇi [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 5, 21] erklärt der [Scholiast] durch gurutare rudre .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Gariman (गरिमन्):—m.

1) Schwere.

2) Wichtigkeit , Würde , ehrenvolle Stellung.

3) Macht [Bālarāmāyaṇa 51,7.] —

4) eine best. übernatürliche Kraft.

5) eine hochstehende Persönlichkeit (von Rudra).

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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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