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Vikretri, վ�: 7 definitions

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Vikretri means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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 վ� can be transliterated into English as Vikretr or Vikretri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Vikretri in Ayurveda glossary

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the Hindus

վ� (विक्रेतृ) refers to the “seller� (of an elephant), according to the 15th century ٲṅgī composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient  India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 7, “on details of price”]: �1. Men cannot say: ‘So large a price is enough for them�. When one price is approved by both buyer and seller () [kreturvikretureka� yadiha bahumata�], that shall be known as the best price; what is disapproved by one of the parties, as a middling price; what is disapproved by both, as a bad price. Hence determining all by many careful experts, the price of elephants shall be arrived at�.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Vikretri in Mahayana glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

վ� (विक्रेतृ) refers to a “seller� (of perfumes), according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 44.—[Definition of sympathetic joy (Գܳǻ岹)]—“Imagine there is a seller () and a purchaser () of all sorts of wonderful perfumes (gandha); a third person comes near and stands to one side. He also breathes the perfumed air; the perfume, nevertheless, does not diminish at all and the two people doing business lose nothing�. [...] Such is the characteristic of sympathetic joy. Thus, just by a mind of sympathetic joy, the Bodhisattva surpasses the practitioners of the two Vehicles. What more could be said if he himself practices [the qualities in which he is rejoicing]?

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā ūٰ.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Vikretri in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

վ� (विक्रेतृ).—m.

(-) A vender, a seller. E. vi before, ī to buy, aff. tṛc .

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

վ� (विक्रेतृ).—i. e. vi-ī + t�, m. A vendor.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

վ� (विक्रेतृ).—[masculine] seller, vender.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

վ� (विक्रेतृ):—[=vi-�] [from vi-kretavya > vi-ī] m. a seller, [Yājñavalkya; Harivaṃśa etc.]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

վ� (विक्रेतृ):—[vi-�] () 1. m. A seller.

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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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