Vainashika, Vaināśika: 8 definitions
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Vainashika has 7 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Vaināśika can be transliterated into English as Vainasika or Vainashika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVaināśika (वैनाशिक):—(von vināśa)
1) adj. a) vergänglich, = kṣaṇika [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 36.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 214.] m. an astrologer (!) [WILSON.] — b) an eine vollständige Vernichtung glaubend; m. Bez. der Buddhisten [] zu [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad] [S. 8.] — c) Verderben bringend: ṛkṣa (= janmarkṣāvadhi trayoviṃśanakṣatram) [JYOTISTATTVA] und [TITHYĀDITATTVA im Śabdakalpadruma] — d) abhängig (parāyatta) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —
2) m. Spinne diess. — Vgl. ardha, pūrṇa, sarva, vedavaināśikā (v. l. vaināsikā).
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: Vainashikatantra.
Ends with: A-khatva-cullaka-vainashika, Ardhavainashika, Purnavainashika, Sarvavainashika, Vedavainashika.
Full-text: Ardhavainashika, Sarvavainashika, Vainayika, Vainashikatantra, Purnavainashika, Vainacikam, A-khatva-cullaka-vainashika.
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