The Sanskrit term Abhiṣāc can be transliterated into English as Abhisac or Abhishac, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Abhishach.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abhiṣāc (अभिषाच्).—a. [abhi-sac svārthe ṇic kvip]

1) Ved. 1. Following.

2) Honouring, devoted.

3) Defeating.

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

Abhisac (अभिसच्).—seek, turn towards ([accusative]).

Abhisac is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms abhi and sac (सच्).

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

1) Abhiṣac (अभिषच्):—[=abhi-ṣac] 1. abhi-ṣac (√sac) [Ātmanepada] -sacate to turn to, be favourable to ([accusative]), [Ṛg-veda] : [Parasmaipada] -siṣakti, to approach for revering, [Ṛg-veda vii, 67, 3.]

2) [v.s. ...] 2. abhi-ṣac m. ([accusative] -ācam; n. [plural] -ācas) fn. following, accompanying, [Ṛg-veda vi, 63, 9; Atharva-veda xviii, 4, 44]

3) [v.s. ...] ([accusative] -ācam; n. [plural] -ācas) paying attention to, devoted to, favourable, [Ṛg-veda]

4) Abhisac (अभिसच्):—[=abhi-√sac] See abhi-ṣac.

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

Abhiṣāc (अभिषाच्):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.

(-k-k-k) (ved.)

1) Revering, paying attention (to sacrifices), pious; e. g. Ṛgv.: …śamabhiṣācaḥ śamu rātiṣācaḥ &c. (Sāyaṇa: abhiṣāco yajñamabhitaḥ sevamānāśca na śaṃ śāntyai bhavantu).

2) Overpowering, defeating; e. g. Ṛgv.: śatakratumarṇavaṃ śākinaṃ naraṃ giro ma indramupa yanti viśvataḥ . vājasaniṃ…abhiṣācaṃ svarvidam (Sāyaṇa: abhiṣācaṃ śatrūṇāmabhibhavitāram); or śāṇḍo dāddhiraṇinaḥ smaddiṣṭīndaśa vaśāso abhiṣāca ṛṣvān (Sāyaṇa: aº = śatrūnāmabhibhāvukān). E. sac in the caus., with abhi, kṛt aff. kvip.

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Abhishac in German

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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: Shac, Abhi.

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