Vishvabhu, Viśvabhū: 9 definitions
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Vishvabhu has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Viśvabhū can be transliterated into English as Visvabhu or Vishvabhu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchViśvabhū (विश्वभू):—m. Nomen proprium eines Buddha [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 236.] [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 3.] [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 5, 1 v. u.] [Burnouf 222.] [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 504.] [WILSON, Sel. Works I, 290. II, 5. 8. 13.]
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Viśvābhū (विश्वाभू):—(viśva + 2. bhū) adj. [Prātiśākhya zur Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 3, 100.] in Allem —, allenthalben seiend [Ṛgveda 10, 50, 1.]
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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Starts with: Vishvabhuj, Vishvabhuja, Vishvabhuk, Vishvabhuta, Vishvabhutalokeshvara, Vishvabhuti.
Full-text: Vipashyin, Visvadhara, Akashaganja, Sikhin, Seven Buddhas, Saptatathagata, Kapittha, Kapitthasthi, Bhasma, Tandulibhasma, Ashvamara, Krishnamandali, Manushi, Vessabhu, Tathagata, Vishvakarma.
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