Amshavat, ṃśa, Amsha-vat: 2 definitions
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Amshavat means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term ṃśa can be transliterated into English as Amsavat or Amshavat, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṃśa (अंशवत्):—[=ṃśa-] [from ṃśa] (for ṃśu?) m. a species of Soma plant, [Suśruta]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṃśa (अंशवत्):—m.
(-) A species of the Soma plant. E. ṃśa, taddh. aff. matup.
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Aṃsavat (अंसवत्):—m. f. n. (--vatī-vat) Feeble, weak. E. ṃs, taddh. aff. matup.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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: Amshavatara, Amshavatarana.
Full-text: Caturamshavat.
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