Dirghasutra, Dīrghasūtra, Dirgha-sutra: 11 definitions
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarydīrghasūtra (दीर्घसूत्र).—n (S) Prolixity, a long yarn. v lāva.
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dīrghasūtra (दीर्घसूत्र) [or दीर्घसूत्री, dīrghasūtrī].—a (S) Dilatory, dawdling, dallying.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishdīrghasūtra (दीर्घसूत्र).—n Prolixity.
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dīrghasūtra (दीर्घसूत्र) [-trī, -त्री].—a Dilatory.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDīrghasūtra (दीर्घसूत्र).—a. working slowly, slow, dilatory, procrastinating; दीर्घसूत्री विनश्यति (dīrghasūtrī vinaśyati) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 4. विषादी दीर्घसूत्री च कर्ता तामस उच्यते (viṣādī dīrghasūtrī ca kartā tāmasa ucyate) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 18.28.
Dīrghasūtra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dīrgha and sūtra (सूत्र). See also (synonyms): dīrghasūtrin.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDīrghasūtra (दीर्घसूत्र).—mfn.
(-traḥ-trā-traṃ) Dilatory, slow, tedious. E. dīrgha long, and sūtra line or thread. dīrgheṇa cirakālena sūtram īpsitavyāpāro yasya .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDirghasūtra (दिर्घसूत्र).—adj. irresolute, [Pañcatantra] 245, 23. (dirgha -sūtra + tā, f. procrastination, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 72, 96, Seramp).
Dirghasūtra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dirgha and sūtra (सूत्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDīrghasūtra (दीर्घसूत्र).—[adjective] dilatory, slow (lit. spinning a long thread); [abstract] tā [feminine]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDīrghasūtra (दीर्घसूत्र):—[=dīrgha-sūtra] [from dīrgha] mfn. ‘spinning a l° yarn’, slow, dilatory, procrastinating, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDīrghasūtra (दीर्घसूत्र):—[dīrgha-sūtra] (traḥ-trā-traṃ) a. Dilatory. m. A long thread or fastening.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusDīrghasūtra (ದೀರ್ಘಸೂತ್ರ):—[noun] (masc.) one who postpones doing something or does it slowly; a lazy man.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Sutra, Dirgha.
Starts with: Dirghasutrata, Dirghasutratva.
Ends with: Adirghasutra.
Full-text: Dirghasutrata, Dirghasutrin, Adirghasutra, Dirghasutratva, Dirghasutri, Hani.
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