Saitava: 4 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSaitava (सैतव):—(von setu)
1) adj. aus einem Damm —, aus einer Brücke bestehend: saitavena pathā [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 340.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Lehrers [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 5, 5, 21. 7, 3, 27.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 169. 340. 345. 387. fgg.] [MÜLLER, SL. 148.]
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: Saitavahini.
Full-text: Yati, Uddharshini, Chandasshastra, Vasantatilaka.
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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (by Swāmī Mādhavānanda)
Section VI - The Line of Teachers < [Chapter IV]
Section VI - The Line of Teachers < [Chapter II]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 5: Expedition of conquest < [Chapter I - Brahmadattacaritra]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Chapter 332 - The metres of un-equal characteristics in the four quarters (viṣama)
Chapter 334 - Metres having similar characteristics in all the four quarters (samavṛtta)
Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)