Samvartaka, Saṃvartaka, Sāṃvartaka: 17 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSaṃvartaka (संवर्तक):—(vom caus. von vart mit sam und von saṃvarta)
1) adj. zusammenrollend, Alles umstürzend beim Untergang der Welt: Feuer [NṚS. TĀP. Upakośā] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 9, 90. 138.] [Mahābhārata 3, 153. 187. 12873. 12877. 12966. fg. 13607. 6, 281. 4290. 13, 838. 942. 6974.] [Harivaṃśa 2149] (neben aurva). [11340. 11415. 13432.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 70, 1] (sāṃvartaka ed. Bomb. [?65, 1). 6, 83, 16. Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 47, 11. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12, 4, 9. Oxforder Handschriften 49], b, 9. Sonne [Mahābhārata 3, 12967.] Wolken [Harivaṃśa 2823. 13431.] saṃvartakaṃ nāma gaṇaṃ toyadānām [3893.] Wind [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12, 4, 11.] subst. m. (sc. agni) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1100] (das höllische Feuer). [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 30, 45.] [GṚHYAS. 1, 11.] n. (sc. hala) Baladeva's Pflugschar [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 225.] [Harivaṃśa 5035. 5562.] pl. so v. a. die höllischen Mächte: ito pi vaḍavānalaḥ saha samastasaṃvartakaiḥ [Spr. (II) 1095.] —
2) m. a) Weltende, Untergang der Welt: saṃvartakaṃ kartum [Harivaṃśa 4329.] yuddhaṃ lokasaṃvartakopamam [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 87, 6.] — b) Nomen proprium α) eines alten Weisen = saṃvarta [JĀBĀLOP.] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 76] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 48, 64.] — β) eines Schlangendämons [Mahābhārata 1, 1155] nach der Lesart der ed. Bomb. (vṛttasaṃvartakau). — γ) angeblich = saṃvartakin [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — δ) eines Berges [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde 1, 555,] [Nalopākhyāna] —
3) f. saṃvartikā ein junges (noch zusammengerolltes) Blüthenblatt einer Nymphaea [Amarakoṣa 1, 2, 3, 42.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1166.] — Vgl. sāṃvartaka .
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Sāṃvartaka (सांवर्तक):—(von saṃvartaka = saṃvarta) adj. beim Untergang der Welt erscheinend: Feuer [Rāmāyaṇa ed. Bomb. 3, 65, 1.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 7, 31. 8, 10, 49. 10, 25, 2. 11, 3, 11.] Sonne [12, 4, 8.] Dürre u.s.w. Comm. zu [8, 24, 46.] — Vgl. saṃvartaka .
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: Vartaka, Sam.
Starts with: Samvartakabhra, Samvartakagni, Samvartakala, Samvartakalpa.
Ends with: Simhasamvartaka.
Full-text (+28): Samvattaya, Samvartakin, Samurtaka, Samvartakagni, Samvartika, Samvartakabhra, Vidvanagni, Sadvartaka, Samvattaga, Samvarti, Vadavamukha, Musala, Vidisha, Hala, Samvartana, Toyada, Lakulisha, Shatamanyu, Yajvaksha, Yajvasha.
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