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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

uddisati : (u + dis + a) points out; appoints; allots; recites.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Uddisati, (ud + disati) — to propose, point out, appoint, allot Dh. 353, cp. DhA. IV, 72; Miln. 94 (satihāraṃ); fut. uddisissati M. I, 480 (ex conj. , is probably to be changed to uddassessati, q. v.).—2. to specify PvA. 22 (aor. uddisi), 25 (= nīyādeti, dadāti), 27.—Pass. uddissati to show oneself, to be seen Pv III, 2¹², and uddissiyati PvA. 46.—pp. uddiṭṭha (q. v.).—Caus. II. uddisāpeti (q. v.).—ger. uddissa (q. v.) (Page 135)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Uddiśati (उद्दिशति).—poses, proposes (a mathematical problem; Tibetan rtsis mgo phogs, set the beginning of a calculation): Lalitavistara 146.12 tatra bodhisattvaś coddiśati, ekaś ca śākyaku- māro nikṣipati (figures, works out the problem) sma; na ca pariprāpayati sma bodhisattvasyaikadvau…yāvat pañcāpi śākyakumāraśatāni yugapatkāle nikṣipanti sma, na ca pariprāpayanti sma; tato bodhisattva āha: uddiśata yūyam, ahaṃ nikṣepsyāmīti…(19) pañcāpi śākyaku- māraśatāni yugapad uddiśanti sma, na ca pariprāpayanti sma bodhisattvasya nikṣipataḥ; 146.22; in 147.1 samuddi- śanti, same meaning The Tibetan renders nikṣipati by brtsis (brtsi, fut.), rtsis, calculate, figure. In same sense, uddiśati sma Mahāvyutpatti 6657 = Tibetan sbaṅs (? sbyaṅs?) pa, or luṅ phog pa (?); Chin. uses the word used for [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] vyākaraṇa (3).

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Uddiśati (उद्दिशति) or Samuddiśati.—q.v., in mathematical sense: Lalitavistara 147.1 (prose) °śanti.

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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.

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Ends with: Samuddishati.

Full-text: Uddisapeti, Uddittha, Uddissa, Uddisi, Samuddishati, Uddishyati, Uddishana, Nikshipati, Uddishtaka, Pariprapayati, Uddesha, Patimokkha Sutta, Patimokkha, Dakkhina.

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