Sphota, Sphoṭa, Sphoṭā: 24 definitions
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Sphota has 23 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Sfot.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSphoṭa (स्फोट):—(von sphuṭ)
1) m. a) das Platzen, Aufspringen, Bersten: veṇu [Mahābhārata 3, 443. 4, 759.] hṛtsphoṭena vyayadyata [Kathāsaritsāgara 33, 72. 53, 152. 73, 291. 78, 74. 86, 162.] hṛtsphoṭaṃ prāpa [70, 72.] sphoṭam absol.: hṛtsphoṭaṃ vinaṣṭā [Prabodhacandrodaja 90, 11.] lājasphoṭaṃ sphuṭanti maṇayaḥ [BĀLAR. 121, 4.] — b) Blase (welche platzt), Pustel [CARAKA 8, 5.] [Suśruta 1, 37, 2. 12. 84, 5. 269, 12. 297, 14. 2, 2, 10. 66, 14. 183, 17. 249, 3. 250, 2. 295, 18. 383, 10.] nivāraṇa [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 943.] dāru [Scholiast] zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 18, 4, 6.] — c) (abgesprungenes) Stückchen, Schnitzel: sphoṭāstu caṇakādīnāṃ dālīti parikīrtitā [Rājanirghaṇṭa 16, 103.] — d) Gekrach: śakrāśani [Mahābhārata 7, 6153.] Geknister [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 46, 86.] Gebrause: vāyu [?ady. Mahābhārata 3, 1718] (= vāyuṃ janayan [Nīlakaṇṭha]). — e) das als ein und untheilbar gedachte schöpferische Wort: jagannidānaṃ sphoṭākhyo niravayavo nityaḥ śabdo brahmaiva [SARVADARŚANAS. 140, 1.] bei Patañjali und Andern der unvergängliche und unvernehmliche Bestandtheil der Laute und Wörter, der als der wahre Träger der Bedeutung betrachtet wird, [14. fgg.] varṇānāṃ vācakatvānupapatau yadbalādarthapratipattiḥ sa sphoṭa iti varṇātirikto varṇābhivyaṅgyo rthapratyāyako nityaḥ śabdaḥ sphoṭaḥ [140, 22. fgg.] akṣarāṇāmakārastvaṃ sphoṭastvaṃ varṇasaṃśrayaḥ [Harivaṃśa 14958.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10,85,9. 12,6,40.] [Oxforder Handschriften 177,b,6] nebst Note 2. varṇa, pada, vākya Note 3. —
2) f. ā a) vielleicht das Schütteln der Arme (es könnte auch āsphoṭā gemeint sein) [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 50, 44.] — b) = sphuṭā, sphaṭā, phaṭā die sogenannte Haube der Schlangen [ŚABDĀRTHAK.] bei [WILSON.] — Vgl. kapāla, karṇa, duḥ, narma, nāgasphotā, pāda, muktā, śabda, śruti .
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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Starts with (+6): Sphotabijaka, Sphotacakra, Sphotacandrika, Sphotacataka, Sphotagollu, Sphotahetu, Sphotahetuka, Sphotajivika, Sphotaka, Sphotakadravya, Sphotakam, Sphotakamantra, Sphotakara, Sphotalata, Sphotamudra, Sphotana, Sphotani, Sphotanirupana, Sphotaniya, Sphotarahita.
Ends with (+19): Agnisphota, Asphota, Avasphota, Bhusphota, Duhsphota, Ghatasphota, Hritsphota, Kapalasphota, Karasphota, Karnasphota, Kitavisphota, Kritaghatasphota, Kshudrasphota, Lingasphota, Mudrasphota, Muktasphota, Nagasphota, Nandisphota, Narasphota, Narmasphota.
Full-text (+57): Khoda, Muktasphota, Padasphota, Narmasphota, Karnasphota, Phoda, Asphota, Duhsphota, Sphotanirupana, Sphotavada, Sphotacandrika, Nagasphota, Sphotaka, Visphota, Sphotabijaka, Sphotakara, Hritsphotam, Sphotasiddhanta, Kapalasphota, Samsphota.
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Vakyapadiya (study of the concept of Sentence) (by Sarath P. Nath)
4. The Concept of Sentence Indivisibility and Sphoṭa < [Chapter 3 - The Concept of Sentence and Sentence-Meaning]
7.2 Pratibhā and the Sentence Sphoṭa < [Chapter 4 - The Concept of Pratibhā and its Implications]
6.2 (b). The Vākyapadīya (summary) < [Chapter 1 - The Philosophy of Language: A Bhartṛharian Perspective]
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 1.102 < [Book 1 - Brahma-kāṇḍa (or Āgama-samuccaya)]
Verse 1.104 < [Book 1 - Brahma-kāṇḍa (or Āgama-samuccaya)]
Verse 1.91 < [Book 1 - Brahma-kāṇḍa (or Āgama-samuccaya)]
The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 2310-2312 < [Chapter 24a - The case for the reliability of the Veda (the Revealed Word)]
Verse 2705-2706 < [Chapter 24b - Arguments against the reliability of the Veda (the Revealed Word)]
Verse 2715 < [Chapter 24b - Arguments against the reliability of the Veda (the Revealed Word)]
Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
Text 8.16 (Commentary) < [Chapter 8 (text and commentary)]
Text 7.9 (Commentary) < [Chapter 7 (text and commentary)]
Text 8.21 (Commentary) < [Chapter 8 (text and commentary)]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 8.13.92 < [Chapter 13 - A Thousand Names of Lord Balarāma]
Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary (by Nandalal Sinha)
Sūtra 2.2.21 (Sound—what?) < [Chapter 2 - Of the Five Bhūtas, Time, and Space]