Vishvakrit, Viśvakṛt, Vishva-krit: 10 definitions
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Vishvakrit has 9 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Viśvakṛt can be transliterated into English as Visvakrt or Vishvakrit, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchViśvakṛt (विश्वकृत्):—
1) adj. subst. Alles schaffend, Schöpfer des Alls: Agni [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6, 47, 1.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 7, 2, 17.] [ŚVETĀŚV. Upakośā 6, 16.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 1, 6.] [Spr. 4290.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 12, 27. 9, 14, 8.] = brahman [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 6.] —
2) m. a) der Baumeister und Künstler der Götter, Viśvakarman [Halāyudha 1, 84.] [Sundopasundopākhyāna 3, 13] (viśvavid [Mahābhārata 1, 7691).] [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 22, 13.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 77, 38. 108, 4.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Gādhi [Harivaṃśa 1766.]
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: Krit, Vishva.
Starts with: Vishvakrita, Vishvakrittu.
Full-text: Rupakartar, Rupakartri, Vaishravana, Vishravas, Paramakrodhi, Vishva, Pulastya, Narayana.
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