संस्कृत

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[edit] Hindi

[edit] Etymology

From Sanskrit संस्कृत (saṃskṛtá), perfected, refined).

[edit] Noun

संस्कृत

  1. The Sanskrit language.

[edit] Nepali

[edit] Proper noun

संस्कृत

  1. Sanskrit

[edit] Sanskrit

[edit] Adjective

संस्कृत (saṃ-skṛtá, sáṃ-skṛta)

  1. put together, constructed, well or completely formed, perfected (Lalit.)
  2. made ready, prepared, completed, finished (RV. etc.)
  3. dressed, cooked (as food) (MBh., R., BhP.)
  4. purified, consecrated, sanctified, hallowed, initiated (ŚBr. etc.)
  5. refined, adorned, ornamented, polished, highly elaborated (especially applied to highly wrought speech, such as the Sanskrit language, as opposed to the vernaculars) (Mn., MBh. etc.)

[edit] Declension

[edit] Noun

संस्कृत (saṃ-skṛtá) m.

  1. a man of one of the three classes who has been sanctified by the purificatory rites (W.)
  2. a learned man (MW.)
  3. a word formed according to accurate rules, a regular derivation (MW.)

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[edit] Noun

संस्कृत (saṃ-skṛtá) n.

  1. making ready, preparation or a prepared place, sacrifice (RV., TS., ŚBr., GṛŚrS.)
  2. a sacred usage or custom (MW.)
  3. the Sanskrit language (cf. above) (Śiksh., Bhar., Daśar. etc.)

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[edit] References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 1120
  • Arthur A. Macdonell, A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, 1893, page 326
  • Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 877
  • Carl Capeller, A Sanskrit-English dictionary, based upon the St. Petersburg lexicons, London: Luzac & Co., 1891, page 571