Sahitya, Sāhitya, Sahityaramga, Sahityika, Sahityopasaka, Sahityopasaki, Sahityopasane: 14 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSāhitya (साहित्य):—(von sahita) n.
1) das Verbundensein, Zusammensein, Verbindung: strībhiḥ u. s. w. ekārthacaryāṃ sāhityaṃ saṃsargaṃ ca vivarjayet [KĀM. NĪTIS. 5, 32.] [Kapila 1, 136.] Comm. zu [112.] [DĀYABH. 35, 14.] [Kullūka] zu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 211. 5, 20.] Comm. zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 88, 1. 91, 19.] [Scholiast] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 4, 85.] so v. a. das Zusammenstimmen, Uebereinstimmung [Prabodhacandrodaja 87, 1.] sāhityena zusammen, vereint [Sāhityadarpana 335, 2.] Comm. zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 90, 14.] —
2) rhetorische Composition, Dichtkunst [Spr. (II) 7037.] [Sāhityadarpana.8,11.] [Oxforder Handschriften 122,a,35. 139,a,14. 196,b,21.] sāhityācārya [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 643] am Anf.
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 (+34): Sahitya-goshthi, Sahitya-sabha, Sahityabhashe, Sahityabodha, Sahityacandrika, Sahityacaritre, Sahityacintamani, Sahityacudamani, Sahityadarpana, Sahityadipika, Sahityahridayadarpana, Sahityajna, Sahityajnana, Sahityaka, Sahityakalpadruma, Sahityakalpapallavi, Sahityakalpavalli, Sahityakantakoddhara, Sahityakanthoddhara, Sahityakara.
Ends with: Abhijatasahitya, Ashlilasahitya, Bamdayasahitya, Dasasahitya, Janapadasahitya, Janasahitya, Laharisahitya, Lalit-sahitya, Lalita-sahitya, Lokasahitya, Maulika-sahitya, Navodayasahitya, Patratmaka-sahitya, Pravasasahitya, Purviya-sahitya, Savadhanasahitya, Vacanasahitya, Varita-sahitya, Yauna-sahitya.
Full-text (+1812): Sahityam, Lalit-sahitya, Sahiti, Sahityashastra, Saahitiyik-bhashaa, Ghaslet, Sahityasharngadhara, Sahityaratnamala, Sahityataramgini, Sahityakautuhala, Sahityavicara, Sahityasarvasva, Sahityasamrajya, Sahityasara, Sahityakanthoddhara, Sahityakalpadruma, Sahityacandrika, Sahityacintamani, Sahityabodha, Sahityamuktamani.
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Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 1.2 - Meaning and changibality of the term Sāhitya < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Part 2.6 - Marriage of Kāvya-puruṣa with Sāhitya-vidyā-vadhū < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Part 2.3 - Genesis of Sāhitya-vidyā (literart criticism) < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Satirical works of Kshemendra (study) (by Arpana Devi)
4. Educational Life < [Chapter 2 - Kṣemendra: His Life and Works]
1. Date and Literary Career of Kṣemendra < [Chapter 2 - Kṣemendra: His Life and Works]
9.4. Summary of the Gaonboorā (1897) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Yogadrstisamuccaya of Haribhadra Suri (Study) (by Riddhi J. Shah)
Chapter 1.6 - From Ācārya Tulsi to Modern Times < [Chapter 1 - The Jain Yoga Tradition—A Historical Review]
Chapter 2.3 - Date of Haribhadrasūri < [Chapter 2 - Life, Date and Works of Ācārya Haribhadrasūri]
Chapter 2.4 - Works of Haribhadrasūri < [Chapter 2 - Life, Date and Works of Ācārya Haribhadrasūri]
The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 95-96 < [Chapter 3 - Dealing with the doctrine of both God and Primordial Matter (prakṛti)]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Source References < [Introduction]
Text 10.38 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
The Bible of Sanskrit Poetics < [Introduction]
Sanskrit sources of Kerala history (by Suma Parappattoli)
18. Other Campus bearing on Kerala history < [Chapter 5 - Sanskrit Dramas and Campus bearing on Kerala History]
Other works dealing with the history and culture of Kerala < [Chapter 2 - Historical details from Mahatmyas and Prashastis]
15. Short Poems describing Kerala history < [Chapter 4 - Traces of Historical Facts from Sandesha Kavyas and Short poems]
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