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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Abhisandha (अभिसन्ध):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-ndhaḥ) A detractor, a calumniator. See the following. (For the fem. abhisandhā see s. v.) E. dhā with sam and abhi, kṛt aff. ka.

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Abhisandhā (अभिसन्धा):—[tatpurusha compound] f.

(-ndhā) 1) Speech, word, declaration (with the implied sense of deliberateness); e. g. Chhānd. Up.: sa yadi tasya kartā bhavati (i. e. if a man has committed a theft) tata evānṛtamātmānaṃ kurute (and by denying it makes himself untrue) sonṛtābhisaṃdhonṛtenātmānamantardhāya paraśuṃ taptaṃ parigṛhṇāti sa dahyatetha hanyate . atha yadi tasyākartā bhavati tata eva satyamātmānaṃ kurute sa satyābhisaṃdhaḥ satyenātmānamantardhāya paraśuṃ taptaṃ parigṛhṇāti sa na dahyatetha mucyate.

2) Promise, agreement; e. g. Rāmāy.: tena (sc. daśarathena) satyābhisaṃdhena trivargamanutiṣṭhatā . pālitā sā purī śreṣṭhā indreṇevāmarāvatī. Compare abhisaṃdhāna and abhisaṃdhi. E. dhā with sam and abhi, kṛt aff. aṅ.

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

Abhisandha (अभिसन्ध):—[abhi-sandha] (ndhaḥ-ndhā-ndhaṃ) a. Attached to, connected with.

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Abhi, Sandha.

Starts with: Abhisamdharana, Abhisandhaka, Abhisandhana.

Ends with: Anritabhisandha.

Full-text: Abhisandhaka, Abhisandhi.

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