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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Vaitaṃsika (वैतंसिक):—(von vītaṃsa)

1) m. Vogelsteller (Fleischer [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 14.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi.930.] [Halāyudha 2, 440]): imāñchakunakānrājaṃhanti vaitaṃsiko yathā [Mahābhārata 3, 1296.] nikṛtyā vañcanāyogaiścaranvaitaṃsiko yathā [?4,1563. 12,3803. GOVARDHANA, ĀRYĀSAPT. 154,b (nach BENFEY], der hier die gangbare Bed. annimmt). dharma (s. auch bes.) der Tugend nachstellend so v. a. Tugend heuchelnd: vyājairdharmaṃ cariṣyanti dharmavaitaṃsikā narāḥ [Mahābhārata 3, 13022. 12, 346. 5894. 14, 2836.] [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 16, 18. 36.] dyūta wohl zum Spiel verlockend (u. d. W. anders erklärt) [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 90, 28.] —

2) n. hinterlistiges Nachstellen, - Fangen: vyalīkamapi yattatra (yattvatra ed. Bomb.) cittavaitaṃsikaṃ (= cittabandhanaṃ [Nīlakaṇṭha].) tava [Mahābhārata 12, 1183.] — Vgl. dyūta .

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Vaitamsikaya.

Ends with: Dharmavaitamsika, Dyutavaitamsika.

Full-text: Dyutavaitamsika, Dharmavaitamsika, Vaitamsikaya.

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