Sarasvata, Sārasvata: 22 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Sārasvata (सारस्वत):—

1) adj. (f. ī) a) von der Sarasvatī (Sarasvant), dem Flusse oder der Göttin der Stimme und Rede, stammend, ihr gehörig, sie betreffend, an ihr vorgehend u. s. w.: sarasvatī sārasva.ebhiḥ [Ṛgveda 3, 4, 8.] utsa [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 13, 35.] graha [18, 20.] vīrya [19, 8. 24, 1.] caru [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2, 5, 1, 11. 3, 9, 1, 7. 11, 5, 2, 2. 12, 8, 2, 16.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 2, 4, 6, 1. 5, 4, 2. 3, 5, 1, 4.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 83.] Wasser [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5, 3, 4, 3. 23.] [Meghadūta 50.] sattra [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 12, 6, 1.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 13, 4, 5. 24, 4, 27. 6, 14. 25, 5, 25.] [LĀṬY. 1, 4, 25. 10, 5, 10. 15, 1.] [MAŚAKA 11, 8] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 74.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 50.] tīrtha [Mahābhārata 9, 2365.] avabhṛtha [3, 8375.] parvan [1, 347.] loka [3, 7004. 8044. 9, 2244.] srotas [Oxforder Handschriften 120,a,16.] vrata [41,a,5.] kalpa [94,a,4.] sārasvatāmṛta [210,b, No. 497.] iṣṭi [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 72, 25.] sūkta 26. sāra [Spr. (II) 2954.] sārasvatī prakriyā Titel einer Grammatik [Oxforder Handschriften 171,a, No. 381.] sārasvatotsava [Tithyāditattva im Śabdakalpadruma] śṛṅgāra [Gītagovinda 12, 29.] — b) zum Ṛṣi Sārasvata in Beziehung stehend [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 391. 400.] gati [Mahābhārata 3, 7059.] —

2) m. a) pl. die Anwohner der Sar., Nomen proprium eines Volkes in Madhyadeśa, [Pariśiṣṭa des Atharvaveda] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 93 (56).] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 14, 2. 16, 22.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 57, 51. 58, 7.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 10, 34.] sārasvatā gaṇāḥ (vgl. sārasvatyo gaṇaḥ [?12,

2232) dass Mahābhārata 5, 2254.] Brahmanen von der Sar. [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 89, 20.] [WEBER,] [VAJRAS. 256.] [HALL 120.] [Colebrooke 2, 179. 188. 213.] sārasvatāḥ = kaśmīrāḥ [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 958.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Ṛṣi, eines Sohnes der Sar. [Weber’s Indische Studien.3,398. fgg. 459.] [Mahābhārata.3,7058. 8189.9,2926. fgg. 12,7597. 13675. 13,7115.] [Harivaṃśa 9571.] [Oxforder Handschriften 52,a,44.b,5. 74,b,2. 80,a,11.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 9. 272.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa.2,7,45.] sārasvatena muninā dagārgalaṃ yatkṛtam [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 54, 99.] — c) N. des zwölften Kalpa oder Tages Brahman's; s. u. kalpa

2) d). — d) ein Stab aus Bilva-Holz [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 815.] —

3) f. ī eine best. Pflanze, = jyotiṣmatī [Rājanirghaṇṭa 3, 70.] —

4) n. a) Beredsamkeit: śrutipuṭau sārasvatadrohiṇau [Spr. (II) 7382.] [Oxforder Handschriften 110,a,19.] — b) Titel einer Grammatik, = sārasvatī prakriyā [Oxforder Handschriften 172,b,21. fg.] [Colebrooke.2,15.] — Vgl. sapta, siddha .

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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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