Vaitalika, Vaitālika: 13 definitions

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Alternative spellings of this word include Vaitalik.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Vaitālika (वैतालिक):—(von 2. vi + tāla)

1) m. Barde, Lobsänger eines Fürsten (sein Beruf ist es auch, die Tageszeiten anzugeben; im Drama erscheinen öfters ihrer zwei zugleich) [Amarakoṣa.2,8,2,65.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 794.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha.4,35.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 215.] [Halāyudha.2,280.] [PRATĀPAR. 28,a,9.] [Mahābhārata.1,6940. 12,1386.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio.2,12,36. 117,17.] [Śiśupālavadha.5,67.] [Śākuntala 62,1.] [Vikramorvaśī 17,4. 88,2.] [Mālavikāgnimitra 61,18.] [RATNĀV. 18,4.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 87,12] (= nagnācārya Comm.). [Kathāsaritsāgara 44, 185.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 8, 54.] —

2) m. = kheṭṭitāla [Medinīkoṣa] = khaḍjatāla [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha]; vgl. kheṭitāla . Vielleicht ist ṣaḍjatāla zu lesen, womit ein best. Tact gemeint sein könnte. —

3) adj.: vaitālikānāṃ (man hätte vaitālikīnāṃ erwartet) vidyānāṃ jñānam unter den [?64 Künsten] Comm. zu [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 45, 36.] vyāyāmikīnāṃ st. dessen [Oxforder Handschriften 217,a,20.]

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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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