Hitopadesha, Hitōpadēśa, Hitopadeśa, Hita-upadesha: 13 definitions

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Hitopadesha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Hitopadesha has 13 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit terms Hitōpadēśa and Hitopadeśa can be transliterated into English as Hitopadesa or Hitopadesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Hitopadeśa (हितोपदेश):—(1. hita + upa) m. eine Unterweisung in dem was frommt, nützliche Unterweisung, guter Rath [Mahābhārata 1, 378.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 60, 168. 74, 74.] [Pañcatantra 227, 25.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa Comm. 3, 761, 2.] als Titel der bekannten Fabelsammlung [Prooemium im Hitopadeśa 2.] zweier medicinischer Werke [Oxforder Handschriften 317,a, Nalopākhyāna 404,b, No. 35.]

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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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