Shadavatta, Ṣaḍavatta, Shad-avatta: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Ṣaḍavatta can be transliterated into English as Sadavatta or Shadavatta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchṢaḍavatta (षडवत्त):—n.
1) eine aus sechs Abschnitten, für den Agnīdh bestimmte Portion [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 3, 4, 19.] [Scholiast 216, 21. 255, 4 v. u. 256, 11.] —
2) das dazu gehörige Doppelgefäss [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 9, LXXIX.]
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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