Vishvashambhu, Viśvaśambhu: 4 definitions
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Vishvashambhu has 3 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Viśvaśambhu can be transliterated into English as Visvasambhu or Vishvashambhu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchViśvaśaṃbhu (विश्वशंभु):—m. Nomen proprium eines Lexicographen [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 808.] [Oxforder Handschriften 185,b,42.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 226, Scholiast]
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Viśvaśaṃbhū (विश्वशंभू):—adj. Allen zur Wohlfahrt dienend [Ṛgveda 1, 23, 10. 160, 1. 4. 6, 70, 6. 10, 81, 7.] āpaḥ [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 4, 7.]
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: Vishva, Shambhu.
Starts with: Vishvashambhu muni, Vishvashambhumuni.
Full-text: Vishvashambhumuni, Ekaksharanamamalika, Ekaksharamalika, Vishvashambhu muni, Ekaksharanamamala.
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