Vakratva: 3 definitions
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Vakratva 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.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVakratva (वक्रत्�).�
1) Crookedness.
2) Retrograde motion.
3) Failure, mishap.
4) Perverseness; dishonesty.
Derivable forms: vakratvam (वक्रत्वम�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVakratva (वक्रत्�):—[=vakra-tva] [from vakra > vaṅk] n. = -, [Kāvya literature; Kathāsaritsāgara]
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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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Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 224 < [Volume 20 (1918)]
Alankara Sastra (English study) (by V. Raghavan)
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