Visheshatva, Viśeṣatva, Vishesha-tva: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Viśeṣatva can be transliterated into English as Visesatva or Visheshatva, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchViśeṣatva (विशेषत्व):—(wie eben) n. Unterschiedenheit, Besonderheit [Oxforder Handschriften 49,a,16.] der Begriff der Besonderheit (Gegens. sāmānyatva) [KUSUM. 30, 12.]
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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Partial matches: Vishesha, Tva.
Ends with: Nirvisheshatva.
Full-text: Nirvisheshatva, Vishesha.
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Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.5.108 < [Part 5 - Permanent Ecstatic Mood (sthāyī-bhāva)]
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