Vithi, Vīthī, Vīthi: 20 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Vīthi (वीथि):—und vīthī (verwandt mit 5. vīta) f.

1) Reihe [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 1, 4.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 197.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1423.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 220.] [Medinīkoṣa th. 12.] [Halāyudha 4, 36.] bālapādapa [Chezy’s Ausgabe des Śākuntala 45, 3.] cāṇḍālāgāravīthiṣu [Spr. 4967.] krīḍāvasathavīthiṣu [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 360.] —

2) Strasse, Weg [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 15, 90.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Mahābhārata 2, 822.] vīthīṃ kurvan drāvayanmama vāhinīm [5, 2049.] kā vīthī bhavatāmiha [2982. 13, 3248. 3510.] mālyāpaṇānām [Harivaṃśa 4478.] nagarāpaṇavīthyantaḥ [Rājataraṅgiṇī 6, 173.] so v. a. āpaṇa Marktstrasse [Śiśupālavadha 9, 32.] vīthyantarāpaṇagata [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 27] [?(25),19. Harivaṃśa 4533. Rāmāyaṇa.5,20,10. 95,13.6,92,3. Spr. (II) 1658. (I) 1191. Oxforder Handschriften 93,b, Nalopākhyāna 1. YAVANEŚVARA in Kunde des Morgenlandes.4,345. Pañcatantra 129,14.] daridra [Saddharmapuṇḍarīka, 13],a. bildlich: khilībhūtāḥ kṛtajñatvasya vīthayaḥ [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 302.] —

3) Strasse am Himmel, eine drei Nakṣatra umfassende Strecke einer Planetenbahn [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 9, 1. 5. 8. 9.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 266,] [Nalopākhyāna 21.] —

4) Terrasse, der freie Raum zwischen Haus und Strasse [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Hārāvalī 152.] —

5) Bildergallerie [UTTARAR. 6, 9] (vīthikā die neuere Ausg.). —

6) ein best. einactiges Drama [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 284.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Bharata] [NĀṬYAŚ. 18, 2. 59] (savīthīka). [?102. 20, 26. DAŚAR. 1, 8. 3, 5. 6. 62. Sāhityadarpana 286. 433. 520.fg.] nānārasānāṃ cātra mālārūpatayā sthitatvādvīthīyaṃ yathā mālavikā (!) [?532, Comm. PRATĀPAR. 20,a,1. 23,a,8. 24,b,9.] — Vgl. aja, uttara, gaja, go, ghana, jaradgava, nakṣatra, nabho, nāga, paṇya, pāda, mṛga, ratha, rāja, sura, soma, svarvīthi .

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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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