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

Abhisandhāna (अभिसन्धान).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Cheating, deceiving. 2. Attachment or interest in any object. 3. Special agreement. 4. Making peace or alliance. E. abhi, and sam before, dhā to have, affix lyuṭ.

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

Abhisandhāna (अभिसन्धान):—[tatpurusha compound] n.

(-nam) 1) Speaking, saying, declaring (with the implied sense of deliberateness); e. g. Kṛṣnatark. on the Dāyabh.: śāstrīyadānapadasya svatvābhisaṃdhānapūrvakatyāge lakṣaṇā; comp. also the inst. s. v. abhisandhi.

2) Promise, agreement; e. g. Rāmāy.: sā hi satyābhisaṃdhānā tathānanyā ca bhartari.

3) Aim, intention, purpose, interest in an object; e. g. Mitākṣ.: jaihyaṃ kauṭilyam . anyābhisaṃdhānenānyavāditvamanyakartṛtvaṃ ca; or Sāṅkhya Pravach.: svabhāvācceṣṭitamanabhisaṃdhānādbhṛtyavat (Vijnānabh.: yathā prakṛṣṭabhṛtyasya svabhāvātsaṃskārādeva pratiniyatāvaśyakī ca svāmisevā pravartate na tu svabhogābhiprāyeṇa tathaiva prakṛteśceṣṭitaṃ saṃskārādevetyarthaḥ).

4) Imposing, cheating, deceiving; e. g. Raghuv.: parābhisaṃdhānaparaṃ yadyapyasya viceṣṭitam &c. (comm.: yadyapi śatruvañcanapradhānaṃ &c.).

5) Making peace or alliance (Wilson). E. dhā with sam and abhi, kṛt aff. lyuṭ.

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

Abhisandhāna (अभिसन्धान):—[abhi-sandhāna] (naṃ) 1. n. Making alliance; attachment; cheating.

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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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Partial matches: Abhi, Sandhana.

Ends with: Anabhisandhana.

Full-text: Anabhisandhana, Anabhisandhi, Anabhisandhikrita.

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