Parivartaka: 8 definitions

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

Parivartaka (परिवर्तक):—(vom caus. von vart mit pari)

1) adj. a) ablaufen machend, zum Ablauf bringend: yugasya [Mahābhārata 3, 13105.] māsartusaṃjñāparivartakena sūryāgninā [12, 12135.] — b) umkehren —, zurückfliessen machend [Kathāsaritsāgara 46, 143.] —

2) m. Nomen proprium = parivarta [8.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 51, 14.]

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Parivartaka (परिवर्तक):—

3) m. in der Dramatik Wechsel der Beschäftigung [Bharata] [NĀṬY. 20, 42.] [DAŚAR. 2, 51.] [Sāhityadarpana 419. 416.]

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

Parivartaka (परिवर्तक):——

1) Adj. — a) ablaufen machend , zum Ablauf bringend. — b) umkehren — , zurückfliessen machend.

2) m. — a) die in einer Paronomasie durch Abtrennung eines Consonanten vom folgenden Vocal bewirkte Zerstückelung eines Wortes , wodurch ein anderer Sinn gewonnen wird , [Vāmana’s Kāvyālaṃkāravṛtti 4,16.] — b) in der Dramatik Wechsel der Beschäftigung. — c) Nomen proprium = parivarta 10)a). —

3) f. rtikā Verengung der Vorhaut , phimosis.

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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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