Samsara, Sansara, Sansāra, Sangsara, Samsāra, Saṃsāra, Samshara: 34 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSaṃśara (संशर):—(von 1. śar mit sam) m. das Zusammenbrechen [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 30, 17.] das Zerreissen: stomānām [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 8, 7, 1.]
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Saṃsāra (संसार):—(von sar mit sam)
1) adj. wandernd, Wiedergeburten erfahrend: citta [MAITRYUP. 6, 34.] man könnte aber auch saṃsāre st. saṃsāraṃ vermuthen. —
2) m. a) das Hindurchgehen: asūcīsaṃsāre tamasi [Spr. (II) 785, v. l.] (für saṃcāre). — b) die Wanderung aus einem Leben in ein anderes, das sich stets wiederholende Dasein, Kreislauf des Lebens, das (sich immer wieder erneuernde) Leben mit allen seinen Leiden [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1,1, 133.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 91.] [Medinīkoṣa ṇ. 111.] [Halāyudha 5, 20.] ta ime mithyājñānādayo duḥkhāntā avicchedena pravartamānāḥ śabdārtho ghaṭīcakravanniravadhiranuvartate [SARVADARŚANAS. 115, 20. fg.] vairāgyātprakṛtilayaḥ saṃsāro bhavati rājasādrāgāt [SĀṂKHYAK. 45.] yatra yatra bhavettṛṣṇā saṃsāraṃ viddhi tatra vai [AṢṬĀV. 10, 3.] mokṣasthitibandhahetu [ŚVETĀŚV. Upakośā 6, 16.] saṃsāreṣu vicitreṣu pacyamānāḥ [Mahābhārata 3, 12627.] [Spr. (II) 4793.] saṃsāramadhigacchati [Kaṭhopaniṣad 3, 7.] pratipadyate [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 6, 74.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 140.] saṃsārānpratipadyate [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 12, 39. 54.] pāpāṃsaṃyānti saṃsārān 52. sajīva iha saṃsārāṃstrīnāpnoti [Mahābhārata 13, 5450.] sa ugrānpraiti saṃsārān [5452.] pāpāṃsaṃsṛtya saṃsārān [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 12, 70.] gamana [1, 117.] saṃsārānmucyate [NṚS. TĀP. Upakośā] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 9, 83.] saṃsārādabibhayuḥ 88. saṃsāraṃ hātum [AṢṬĀV. 16, 9.] tīrṇaḥ [Raghuvaṃśa 12, 60.] bhramati saṃsāre [Spr. 5357.] na saṃsārātparo ripuḥ [(II) 3452.] sarvasya saṃsārasya duḥkhātmakatvam [SARVADARŚANAS. 13, 20.] [WASSILJEW 12 u.s.w.] asmintsaṃsāre [MAITRYUP. 1, 4.] evaṃ patati saṃsāre tāsu tāsviha yoniṣu [Mahābhārata 3, 117.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 105, 13.] [Spr. 3265. (II) 4559. 5961. 6459.] saṃsāre kiṃ sāram [?6639. fg. Kathāsaritsāgara 30, 63. 40, 30. Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 68. Vetālapañcaviṃśati in Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 16, 15.] cakrākāra [Kathāsaritsāgara 70, 118.] cakravadgati [Spr. (II) 293.] parivartin [6681.] mṛgatṛṣṇāsama [2318, v. l.] kadalīstambhaniḥsāra [4823, v. l.] asāra [4464] (und virasa). [6641. fg.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 2, 113.] [Pañcatantra 33, 12. 165, 17.] gatasāra [Spr. (II) 2067.] parivartana [Mahābhārata 12, 7755.] bandhanāni [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 16, 8.] bīja [SARVADARŚANAS. 40, 3.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 10, 3.] hetūparama [2, 2, 6.] duḥkha [3, 5, 38.] paritāpa [5, 6, 18.] pariśrama [8, 24, 46.] śrāntacitta [Spr. (II) 6637.] saṃsārārtibhayāpaha [WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 291.] sukha [Caurapañcāśikā] Comm. Einl. sāra [Dhūrtasamāgama 88, 1.] sāracakra [Oxforder Handschriften 120,a,39.] tyaktasaṃsārasaṅga [Spr. (II) 3085.] saṃsārānte [2004.] ā saṃsārāt so v. a. vom Anfang der Welt (vgl. āsaṃsāram) [Kathāsaritsāgara 32, 167.] janmasaṃsārabandhana die Fessel der Geburt und des weltlichen Daseins [Mahābhārata 13, 6938.] mit mṛtyu verbunden [Bhagavadgītā 9, 3. 12, 7.] kārin [Oxforder Handschriften 150,a,6.] poṣaka [AṢṬĀV. 18, 38.] hṛt [Spr. (II) 6638.] vairi (vairin?) [PAÑCAR. 4, 1, 29.] varjita [SARVADARŚANAS. 69, 20.] vāsanā (vgl. [AṢṬĀV. 9, 8]) [PAÑCAR. 1, 9, 10. 15, 19.] [Gītagovinda 3, 1.] vartman [Spr. (II) 2847.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 28, 182.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 25, 6.] padavī [3, 27, 3.] saraṇi [Spr. (II) 127.] cakra [MAITRYUP. 6, 28] (sañcāra der Text, vgl. aber Comm.). [Mahābhārata 13, 5434.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 49.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 70, 107.] [Oxforder Handschriften 60], b, [40.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 69, 15.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 6, 11, 27. 17, 18. 7, 9, 16. 21.] maṇḍala [] zu [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad] [S. 26.] kārāgṛha [Spr. (II) 2578.] sāgara [WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 295.] [PAÑCAR. 2, 4, 16.] [Pañcatantra 33, 21.] samudra 15. saṃsārodadhi [Spr. (II) 6643.] saṃsārābdhi [PAÑCAR. 3, 12, 20.] saṃsārārṇava [1, 5.] [Spr. (II) 1269.] kūpa [Bhāgavatapurāṇa.7,15,46.] [Oxforder Handschriften.5,b,35.] vana [Spr. (II) 6643, v. l.] kānana [6895.] kāntāra [AṢṬĀV. 10, 7.] vṛkṣa [Weber’s Indische Studien.2,214.] [Oxforder Handschriften 83,a,2.] viṣavṛkṣa [Spr. (II) 6636.] taru [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 25, 11.] viṭapāṅkura [AṢṬĀV. 16, 7.] bāhīka [4, 1.] saṃsārāṅgāra [SARVADARŚANAS. 154, 15.] saṃsārānala [Vedānta lecture No. 19.] putradārādi, śāstra so v. a. Erbärmlichkeit, Armseligkeit [Spr. (II) 4107.] — Vgl. āsaṃsāram, bhūtasaṃsāra, saṃsaraṇa und saṃsṛti .
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: Sara, Sam, Cara.
Starts with (+88): Camcarajivan, Camcaram, Samsarabandhana, Samsarabdhi, Samsarabhana, Samsarabhara, Samsarabhavana, Samsarabhaya, Samsarabhiru, Samsarabhirutva, Samsarabhita, Samsarabhrama, Samsarabhramana, Samsarabija, Samsaraca Gada, Samsaracakka, Samsaracakra, Samsaracandra bhupa, Samsaracarita, Samsaracem Jokhada.
Ends with: Abhisamsara, Amgasamsara, Anosamsara, Anusamsara, Anusamsara, Asamsara, Bhutasamsara, Edasamsara, Gharasamsara, Ghorasamsara, Hatavaraca Samsara, Hatavaraca-samsara, Ihasamsara, Jatisamsara, Nissamsara, Nosamsara, Purviya-samsara, Ucalala Samsara.
Full-text (+880): Samsaramarga, Samsarika, Samsaraguru, Samsaragamana, Vatta, Samsaramoksha, Samsarasara, Samsaradevi, Samsaratarani, Samsaravartman, Samsarasagara, Samsarasarani, Samsaranirnaya, Samsaraparitapa, Samsarakantara, Samsarasamudra, Samsaravana, Samsarasanga, Samsaramuktikaranavada, Samsarasukha.
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