Sarpavidya, Sarpavidyā, Sarpa-vidya: 7 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSarpavidyā (सर्पविद्या):—f. Schlangenkunde [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13, 4, 3, 9.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 16, 2, 25.] Dafür viṣavidyā [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 10, 7, 5.] sarpadevajanavidyā [Chāndogyopaniṣad 7, 1, 2. 4.]
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: Sarpa, Vidya.
Full-text (+1414): Sarpavidyika, Agadatantra, Damshtratantra, Sarpaveda, Janman, Naganaman, Dutalakshana, Nama, Nagajanman, Rupa, Damsharupa, Kurukullamantra, Marma, Damshakarana, Sarpoccatanamantra, Sarpakarshanamantra, Sarpakarshana, Vishastobha, Mahapadmahridayamantra, Ashtaksharamantra.
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Subjects studied in the Brahmanic Period < [Chapter 5 - Subjects studied in the Vedic and Buddhist period]
Education in the Brahmanic Period < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa XIII, adhyāya 4, brāhmaṇa 3 < [Thirteenth Kāṇḍa]
Kāṇḍa XI, adhyāya 5, brāhmaṇa 6 < [Eleventh Kāṇḍa]
Introduction to volume 5 (kāṇḍa 11-14) < [Introductions]
Chandogya Upanishad (Madhva commentary) (by Srisa Chandra Vasu)
The Sacrifices of Rajasuya, Vajapeya and Ashvamedha (study) (by Aparna Dhar)
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