Spriha, Spṛhā: 14 definitions
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Spriha has 14 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Spṛhā can be transliterated into English as Sprha or Spriha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Spraha.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSpṛhā (स्पृहा):—(von sparh) f. [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 192.]
1) das Verlangen, Begehren nach Etwas, Wohlgefallen an [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 7, 27. 3, 4, 5, 30. 13, 54. 17, 105.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 430.] [Halāyudha 4, 25.] spṛhā me jāyate tyartham [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 49, 8.] spṛhāṃ samutpādya [Spr. (II) 2201.] āyuṣmatī [4463.] yadā me galitā spṛhā [AṢṬĀV. 14, 2.] spṛhā jīvati yāvadvai [16, 7. 17, 9.] nṛmāṃsāśrayā [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 132. 3, 58.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 9, 6. 5, 18, 14. 19, 21.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 65, 10.] mit dat. : rājyāya [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 9, 7.] mit gen. [Mahābhārata 2, 543. 3, 1549.] mit loc. : karmaphale [Bhagavadgītā 4, 14.] gamane vasudevagṛhe [Harivaṃśa 4464.] vaktavye [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 35, 27.] jīvite [AṢṬĀV. 2, 22.] vimucya teṣu spṛhām [Spr. (II) 1716.] vilāseṣu [1948.] [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 7, 24.] putre vātmani vā [Kathāsaritsāgara 53, 149.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 1, 15. 5, 1, 3. 6, 11, 5.] [PAÑCAR. 1, 1, 82.] rājaputrī prati [Kathāsaritsāgara 72, 292.] in comp. mit der Ergänzung: svarga [Mahābhārata 3, 1549.] vanavāsa [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 29, 9. 4, 9, 73.] [Raghuvaṃśa 8, 34.] [Spr. (II) 1373. 4021.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 10, 216.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 399. 5, 133] spṛhāṃ kar verlangen —, begehren nach: mūlaphalabhogeṣu [Mahābhārata 12, 4277.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 15, 75.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 30, 12 8, 8, 3. 9, 14, 10.] cakre sundarakaspṛhām [Kathāsaritsāgara 20, 119.] dhanaspṛhāṃ (so zu lesen) na kurvanti [Pañcatantra 131, 19.] bandh dass.: śamasudhābhogaikabaddhaspṛha [Spr. (II) 4585. 2027.] aspṛhā [Oxforder Handschriften 30,b,13.] am Ende eines adj. comp. (f. ā): gata [KĀM. NĪTIS. 9, 63.] [Spr. (II) 2796.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 10, 19.] rājyaprāpteḥ [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 1, 10.] sukheṣu vigataspṛhaḥ [Bhagavadgītā 2, 56.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 15, 12.] vīta [Kirātārjunīya 3, 12.] dvija [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 13, 16. 9, 16, 3.] sa [MAITRYUP. 3, 2. 6, 30.] jaye [Kirātārjunīya 14, 36.] mit infin. [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 380.] saspṛham [?adv. Mṛcchakaṭikā 22, 21. Śākuntala 11, 19. Vikramorvaśī 13, 18. PAÑCAR. 3, 6, 7.] aspṛha [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 6, 96.] saṃpūrṇaspṛhatā [Sāhityadarpana 198.] —
2) Neid. cakāra ramamāṇe ca cakravākayuge spṛhām [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 62, 10.] devaiścaiva kṛtaspṛhaḥ [Kathāsaritsāgara 54, 49.] saspṛham [Raghuvaṃśa 13, 31.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 2, 170.] —
3) eine best. Pflanze; s. u. spṛśa
1) c.) — Vgl. niḥspṛha
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: Sprihadatirtha, Sprihaka, Sprihalu, Sprihamati, Sprihana, Sprihanata, Sprihaniya, Sprihaniyashobha, Sprihaniyata, Sprihaniyatva, Sprihavant, Sprihavat, Sprihayadvarna, Sprihayalu, Sprihayaluta, Sprihayamana, Sprihayayya.
Ends with: Agataspriha, Ambuspriha, Aspriha, Baddhaspriha, Dehanispriha, Gataspriha, Jataspriha, Kritaspriha, Nihspriha, Nispriha, Nisspriha, Sampurnaspriha, Samspriha, Saspriha, Uparataspriha, Vigataspriha, Vishamaspriha, Vishayaspriha, Vitaspriha.
Full-text (+26): Aspriha, Vigataspriha, Nihspriha, Vitaspriha, Uparataspriha, Saspriha, Nispriha, Jataspriha, Gataspriha, Nihspriham, Saspriham, Vishayaspriha, Nihsprihata, Asprihatva, Sampurnasprihata, Sprihavat, Asprihaniya, Spruhai, Priha, Kritaspriha.
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Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)
Text 13 < [Chapter 6 - Ṣaṣṭha-yāma-sādhana (Sāyaṃ-kālīya-bhajana–bhāva)]
Text 2 < [Chapter 4 - Caturtha-yāma-sādhana (Madhyāhna-kālīya-bhajana–ruci-bhajana)]
Text 10 < [Chapter 8 - Aṣṭama-yāma-sādhana (Rātri-līlā–prema-bhajana sambhoga)]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 18.49 < [Chapter 18 - Mokṣa-yoga (the Yoga of Liberation)]
Verse 14.12 < [Chapter 14 - Guṇa-traya-vibhāga-yoga]
Verse 2.71 < [Chapter 2 - Sāṅkhya-yoga (Yoga through distinguishing the Soul from the Body)]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 2.14.24 < [Chapter 14 - Description of Kāliya’s Story]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 1.2.22 < [Part 2 - Devotional Service in Practice (sādhana-bhakti)]
Verse 2.1.278 < [Part 1 - Ecstatic Excitants (vibhāva)]
Verse 1.2.25 < [Part 2 - Devotional Service in Practice (sādhana-bhakti)]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.139 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 10.90 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 10.183 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]