Svishta, Sviṣṭa, Su-ishta: 4 definitions
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Svishta has 3 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Sviṣṭa can be transliterated into English as Svista or Svishta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSviṣṭa (स्विष्ट):—1. (6. su + 1. iṣṭa) adj. sehr geliebt: Personen [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 1, 15, 14. 55, 4. 2, 120, 19.]
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Sviṣṭa (स्विष्ट):—2. (6. su + 2. iṣṭa) adj.
1) richtig geopfert, wohl dargebracht; n. ein richtiges Opfer (Gegens. duriṣṭa): yajña [Ṛgveda 1, 162, 5.] hotrā [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 7, 15.] sarvaṃ sviṣṭaṃ suhutaṃ karotu [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1, 10, 23.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 2, 19. 28, 22.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 2, 6, 8, 3. 6, 6, 7, 3.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 2, 5, 3.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 3, 38.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 5, 1, 6.] [Mahābhārata 3, 14150. 14193. 7, 2463.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 50, 52.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 5, 22. 4, 19, 32. 5, 19, 28. 8, 18, 30.] —
2) durch Opfer richtig verehrt, hochgeehrt überh. [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 21, 58.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 7, 41. 14, 22. 20, 1. 10, 75, 8.]
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: Ishta, Sv, Cu, Shu.
Starts with: Svishtakridbhaga, Svishtakridbhajana, Svishtakriddhoma, Svishtakrikcaturtha, Svishtakrit, Svishtakrita.
Ends with: Tapasvishta.
Full-text: Svishtakrikcaturtha, Svishtakridbhajana, Svishtakridbhaga, Svishtakrit, Sauvishti, Durishta, Svishtakrita, Svishti, Sauvishtakrit, Svabhigurta, Samvijnayika, Samyajya.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 1.114.4 < [Sukta 114]
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
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Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
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