Abhisamstava, Abhisaṃstava: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abhisaṃstava (अभिसंस्तव).—High praise.

Derivable forms: abhisaṃstavaḥ (अभिसंस्तवः).

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

Abhisaṃstava (अभिसंस्तव):—[=abhi-saṃstava] [from abhisaṃ-stu] m. praise, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Abhisaṃstava (अभिसंस्तव):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-vaḥ) Praising, being praised, giving or having prominence; e. g. Jaimini Sūtras: ekaniṣpatteḥ sarvaṃ samaṃ syāt . saṃsargirasaniṣpatterāmikṣā vā pradhānaṃ syāt . mukhyaśabdābhisaṃstavācca (Śabara: mukhyaḥ śabdaḥ saṃstotuṃ nyāyya iti prāthamyāt &c.). E. stu with sam and abhi, kṛt aff. ap.

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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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