Spardha, 貹: 12 definitions
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In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarSpardha (स्पर्ध).—A word used in the sense of 'a conflict of two rules' (विप्रतिषेध (پṣe)) in some grammars such as those of Jainendra, Sakatayana and Hemacandra; cf Jain. I.2.39,Sak. I.1.46 and Hema. VII.4. 119.

Vyakarana (व्याकर�, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryspar (स्पर्ध�).—f (S) Emulation or envy; emulating or vieing with; coping or competing with; rivalry.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishspar (स्पर्ध�).�f Emulation or envy; rivalry.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySpardha (स्पर्ध).�a. Emulous, envious.
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貹 (स्पर्ध�).—[spardh-a]
1) Emulation, rivalry, competition; आत्मनस्त� बुधै� स्पर्धां शुद्धधीर्बह्वमन्य� (ātmanastu budhai� spar� śuddhadhīrbahvamanyata).
2) Jealousy, envy.
3) Defiance.
4) Equality with.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySpardha (स्पर्ध) or Sparddha.—mfn.
(-�--�) Envious, emulous. E. sparddh to envy, ac aff.
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貹 (स्पर्ध�) or Spard.—f.
(-) 1. Emulation, rivalry. 2. Equality, sameness. 3. Successive elevation. 4. Jealousy, envy. 5. Defiance. E. sparddh to envy or vie with, affs. � and ṭāp .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySpardha (स्पर्ध).—[spardh + a], I. adj. Emulous, envious. Ii. f. . 1. Emulation, envy, jealousy, [Johnson's Selections from the Mahābhārata.] 45, 68; [Rājatarṅgiṇ�] 5. 285. 2. Successive elevation. 3. Sameness.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary貹 (स्पर्ध�).—[feminine] contest, emulation with ([instrumental] ±, [genetive], or —�) about ([instrumental]).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Spardha (स्पर्ध):—[from ṛd] mfn. emulous, envious (- f.), [Horace H. Wilson]
2) 貹 (स्पर्ध�):—[from spardha > ṛd] a f. See below.
3) [from ṛd] b f. emulation, rivalry, envy, competition for or with ([instrumental case] with and without saha [genitive case] [locative case], or [compound]; , ‘in rivalry or emulation�), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] desire for ([compound]), [Bhartṛhari] ([varia lectio])
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Spardha (स्पर्ध) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: ʳḍḍ, ʳḍḍga, ʳḍḍܲ, Phaddha, Phad.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary貹 (स्पर्ध�):�(nf) rivalry, envy.
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Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary貹 (स्पर्ध�):—n. 1. emulation; rivalry; competition; 2. jealousy; envy; 3. defiance; 4. equality with;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Spardhadharmi, Spardhaka, Spardhakara, Spardhalu, Spardhamana, Spardhana, Spardhanem, Spardhaniya, Spardhas, Spardhata, Spardhavant, Spardhavat.
Full-text (+13): Pratispardha, Samspardha, Vispardha, Anyonyaspardha, Saptaspardha, Spardhas, Vishpardhas, Spardhata, Spardhavat, Spardhakara, Sapatnispardha, Spardhamana, Phaddha, Sparddha, Vispahspardha, Sparddhata, Sparttai, Aspardha, Spardhanem, Upaspijam.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 7.69 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Text 7.118 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Text 5.5 < [Chapter 5 - Second-rate Poetry]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 3.3.41 < [Part 3 - Fraternal Devotion (sakhya-rasa)]
Verse 2.1.253 < [Part 1 - Ecstatic Excitants (vibhāva)]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 4.19.97 < [Chapter 19 - A Thousand Names of Srī Yamunā]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 9 < [Volume 13 (1898)]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 1.2.18 < [Chapter 2 - Divya (the celestial plane)]
Verse 2.4.191 < [Chapter 4 - Vaikuṇṭha (the spiritual world)]
Verse 2.4.45 < [Chapter 4 - Vaikuṇṭha (the spiritual world)]