Abdhidvipa, Abdhidvīpā, Abdhi-dvipa: 7 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abdhidvīpā (अब्धिद्वीपा).—

1) the earth.

2) a portion of land surrounded by the ocean.

Abdhidvīpā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms abdhi and dvīpā (द्वीपा).

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

Abdhidvīpā (अब्धिद्वीपा).—f.

(-pā) The earth. E. abdhi, and dvīpa in the fem. form; an island surrounded by the ocean.

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

Abdhidvīpā (अब्धिद्वीपा):—[=ab-dhi-dvīpā] [from ab-dhi > ab-ja] f. earth, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Abdhidvīpā (अब्धिद्वीपा):—[bahuvrihi compound] f.

(-pā) The earth. E. abdhi and dvīpā; lit. ‘having islands formed by the ocean’.

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

Abdhidvīpā (अब्धिद्वीपा):—[abdhi-dvīpā] (pā) 1. f. The earth.

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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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