Vrittastha, Vṛttastha: 6 definitions
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Vrittastha has 5 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Vṛttastha can be transliterated into English as Vrttastha or Vrittastha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVṛttastha (वृत्तस्थ):—adj. im guten Lebenswandel verharrend, einen guten Lebenswandel führend: śūdra [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 126. 129. 12, 110.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 73, 23]; vgl. vṛtte sthitaḥ [Raghuvaṃśa 5, 33.] kṣatravṛtte sthitaḥ [Mahābhārata 7, 6741.]
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: Vritta, Stha.
Ends with: Sadvrittastha.
Full-text: Sadvrittastha.
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