Samarthaka: 10 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Samarthak.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSamarthaka (समर्थक):—adj.
1) (von samartha) im Stande seiend, mit infin. [Vetālapañcaviṃśati] in [Lassen’s Anthologie(III) 19, 15.] —
2) (von samarthay) bestätigend, begründend, rechtfertigend [Sāhityadarpana 301, 4. 317, 12. 15. 19. 318, 19. fg.] — n. Amyris Agallocha bei [WILSON] angeblich nach [Amarakoṣa] beruht auf dem verlesenen und missverstandenen samārthaka [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 3, 27.]
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Samārthaka (समार्थक):—(von 2. sama + artha) adj. von gleicher Bedeutung [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 3, 27.]
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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Partial matches: Sam.
Full-text: Samarthak, Nihshesha, Nihsheshartha, Jnapaka.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
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