Abhishyandeti, Abhiṣyandeti: 1 definition

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The Sanskrit term Abhiṣyandeti can be transliterated into English as Abhisyandeti or Abhishyandeti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Abhiṣyandeti (अभिष्यन्देति) or Abhiṣyandayati.—(= Pali abhisandeti; caus. to °ṣyandati), drenches, saturates, irrigates, (a) lit. of plants etc., Mahāvastu iii.301.17 vāriṇā °deti pariṣyandeti (q.v.); ppp. °dita, Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 122.8 (plants and seeds); Mahāvyutpatti 6584 (= Tibetan brlan pa, sbaṅs pa, drenched, wet); fig. of kuśalamūlāni, roots of merit, °dayiṣyati, fut., Gaṇḍavyūha 457.18; (b) of mental organs or states, °dita-niścita-citto Gaṇḍavyūha 151.13; -karuṇā- snehābhiṣyandita-saṃtāno 189.9; in yoga practice, °dayati softens, makes supple (one's own person), as in Pali (Critical Pali Dictionary), Mahāvyutpatti 1646 = Tibetan mṅon du mñen par byed pa, makes very supple; here too followed by pariṣyandayati.

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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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