Vaisheshya, Vaiśēṣya, Vaiśeṣya: 9 definitions
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Vaisheshya has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Vaiśēṣya and Vaiśeṣya can be transliterated into English as Vaisesya or Vaisheshya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVaiśeṣya (वैशेष्य):—(von viśeṣa) n.
1) Besonderheit [Prātiśākhya zur Taittirīyasaṃhitā 23,2.] [Suśruta.1,363,10.] [Oxforder Handschriften 307,a,24.] —
2) Vorzüglichkeit, Vorzug, Superiorität [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 296. 10, 3.]
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: Gunavaisheshya.
Full-text: Gunavaisheshya, Sthana, Karana.
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