Vaimalya: 4 definitions
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Vaimalya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVaimalya (वैमल्य):—(von vimala) n. Reinheit, Lauterkeit, Klarheit [Suśruta 1, 187, 20.] indriyāṇām [2, 240, 9.] (lakṣmīḥ) vaimalyameti hariṇīva hutāśaśauce [Spr. 2486.] vaṃśa [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 22, 39.] prasādo rthavaimalyam [Sāhityadarpana 251, 14.]
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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Ends with: Dhivaimalya, Indriyavaimalya, Varnavaimalya.
Full-text: Dhivaimalya, Indriyavaimalya, Varnavaimalya.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 8.14 < [Chapter 8 - Literary Qualities]
Text 10.20 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 3.5.3 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (5): Guṇa-samuddeśa (On Quality)]
Hindu Pluralism (by Elaine M. Fisher)
Śrīvidyā and society in Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita’s Saubhāgyacandrātapa < [Chapter 2 - The Making of the Smārta-Śaiva Community of South India]