The Sanskrit term Śrīveṣṭa can be transliterated into English as Srivesta or Shriveshta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: BDK Tripiṭaka: The Susiddhikara-sūtra

Śrīveṣṭa (श्रीवेष्ट) or Śrīveṣṭaka refers to the resin of Pinus longifolia.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śrīveṣṭa (श्रीवेष्ट).—

1) turpentine.

2) resin.

Derivable forms: śrīveṣṭaḥ (श्रीवेष्टः).

Śrīveṣṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śrī and veṣṭa (वेष्ट).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Śrīveṣṭa (श्रीवेष्ट).—(Sanskrit Lex., and °ṭa-ka Suśr., resin of a kind of pine), some sort of edible substance: havi(ḥ ?) pūrṇa(ṃ ?) śrīveṣṭa-madhuśira-(q.v.)-payo-pakva-bhakṣādyāṃ…nir- yātayet (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 48.8.

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

Śrīveṣṭa (श्रीवेष्ट).—m.

(-ṣṭaḥ) 1. Turpentine. 2. Resin. E. śrī the Sarala or pine tree, veṣṭa extract.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śrīveṣṭa (श्रीवेष्ट).—[masculine] a kind of resin.

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

Śrīveṣṭa (श्रीवेष्ट):—[=śrī-veṣṭa] [from śrī] m. the resin of the Pinus Longifolia, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śrīveṣṭa (श्रीवेष्ट):—[śrī-veṣṭa] (ṣṭaḥ) 1. m. Turpentine.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shriveshta in German

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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 corpus

Śrīvēṣṭa (ಶ್ರೀವೇಷ್ಟ):—[noun] the resin obtained from the tree Pinua longifolia.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Veshta, Shri.

Starts with: Shriveshtaka.

Full-text: Shripishta, Gandharasangaka, Lakshmiveshta, Madhushira, Tilaparṇa, Shriveshtaka.

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