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Vitamsa, Vītamsā, վٲṃs, īٲṃs: 10 definitions

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Vitamsa means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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.

In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

One of the ten rivers flowing from Himalaya. Mil.114; see Mil. Trs.i.xliv, for a suggested identification with Vitasta, the modern Bihat (or Jhelum).

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

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India history and geography

: Ancient Buddhist Texts: Geography of Early Buddhism

īٲṃs (वीतं�) is the name of a river situated in Uttarāpatha (Northern District) of ancient India, as recorded in the Pāli Buddhist texts (detailing the geography of ancient India as it was known in to Early Buddhism).—īٲṃs (cf. Milindapañho) represented by the Sanskrit Vitastā is the river Jhelum, the Hydaspes of the Greeks.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

վٲṃs (वितं�).�

1) A bird-cage.

2) A rope, chain, fetter &c. to confine beasts or birds.

Derivable forms: ٲṃs� (वितंसः).

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վٲṃs (वितं�).�

1) A cage, a cage or net for confining beasts or birds.

2) An aviary.

3) A place for preserving game.

Derivable forms: ٲṃs� (वितंसः).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

īٲṃs (वीतं�).�(m.; Pali id.; Sanskrit see below), falcon: sa hatas tv itara� hanti °seneva pakṣiṇa� Բ xiv.2, he however, himself destroyed, destroys others, as birds (are killed) by a falcon; so, according to Chakravarti, Tibetan (khra) and Chin.; same word in same verse in Pali Theragāthā (Pali) 139, rendered [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary] and Mrs. Rhys Davids decoy-bird, which is less plausible; in Sanskrit only Lex. and once in Harṣac. ([Boehtlingk]), said to mean bird-net, snare, or any implement used in catching birds, which here is impossible.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

վٲṃs (वितं�).—m.

(-�) A cage, a net, a chain or any apparatus for confining beasts or birds. E. vi before, tasi to adorn, aff. ac; also īٲṃs .

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īٲṃs (वीतं�).—m.

(-�) 1. A cage, a chain or net, &c. for confining birds or beasts. 2. An enclosure for tranquillising or taming them, an aviary, a menagerie. 3. A place for keeping game, a preserve. E. vi before tasi to adorn, aff. ñ; the vowel of the prefix made long.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

վٲṃs (वितं�).�īٲṃs, i. e. vi -ٲṃs + a, m. A cage, a net, or any apparatus for confining birds or beasts.

վٲṃs can also be spelled as īٲṃs (वीतं�).

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īٲṃs (वीतं�).—see ٲṃs.

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

1) վٲṃs (वितं�):—[=-ٲṃs] m. (�ٲṃs) any net or chain or apparatus for catching and confining beasts and birds, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. ī-; ava-t and ut-ٲṃsa).

2) īٲṃs (वीतं�):—[=vī-ٲṃsa] m. ([from] 1. vi + t; cf. vi-t) a cage or net or any enclosure for catching or confining or keeping birds or beasts, [Harṣacarita]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) վٲṃs (वितं�):—[-ٲṃs] (�) 1. m. A cage, net; any thing for confining of beasts.

2) īٲṃs (वीतं�):�(�) 1. m. A cage or net for birds or beasts; an enclosure; menagerie; an aviary.

[Sanskrit to German]

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Vitamsa in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

īٲṃs (ವೀತಂ�):—[noun] any device or means (as a cage, chain, net, etc.) for confining birds or other animals.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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