Vanishtha, Vaniṣṭha: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vaniṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Vanistha or Vanishtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVaniṣṭha (वनिष्ठ):—(von 1. van mit dem suff. des superl.) adj.
1) am meisten ausrichtend, erlangend: dūta [Ṛgveda 7, 10, 2.] —
2) am meisten mittheilend: tvaṃ vasu devaya.e vaniṣṭhaḥ [Ṛgveda 7, 18, 1.] — Vgl. vanīyaṃs .
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: Bhavanishtha, Sattvanishtha, Shivanishtha, Svanishtha, Tattvanishtha.
Full-text: Vaniyams.
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