Karvata, Karvaṭa: 11 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKarvaṭa (कर्वट):—m. n. [Amarakoṣa 3, 6, 4, 33.]
1) Bergabhang: karvaṭapradeśa [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 125]; vgl. karvaṭaka . —
2) Flecken, Marktplatz [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 2, 4.] [Vācaspati] zu [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 972.] [Hārāvalī 120.] dhanuḥśataṃ parīṇāho grāmakṣetrāntaraṃ bhavet . dve śate karvaṭasya syānnagarasya catuḥśatam .. [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 167.] n. Stadt [Jaṭādhara im Śabdakalpadruma] —
3) m. Nomen proprium eines Landes oder Volkes: karvaṭādhipati [Mahābhārata 2, 1098.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 14, 5] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 240.] —
4) f. karvaṭī Nomen proprium eines Flusses [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 73, 3.]
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Karvaṭa (कर्वट):—
2) [Śatruṃjayamāhātmya 14, 309] (karbaṭa) . — Vgl. paṅka, kāvaṭa, kharvaṭa .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKarvaṭa (कर्वट):——
1) (*m.) n. Flecken , Marktplatz [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,288,1.8.] —
2) *Bergabhang (buddh.). —
3) m. Pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes. —
4) f. ī Nomen proprium eines Flusses.
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: Karvataka, Karvatapradesha.
Ends with: Pankakarvata.
Full-text: Pankakarvata, Karvataka, Karvatika, Karbata, Karvati, Kavata, Raccha, Pankakarvvata, Kharvata, Karvvata, Grama, Pura.
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