India history and geography

Source: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)

Abhivāsa (अभिवास) refers to one of the various shops or “market places” (Sanskrit: Haṭṭa, Prakrit: Cauhaṭṭa) for a medieval town in ancient India, which were vividly depicted in Kathās (narrative poems), for example, by Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā.—The Kuvalayamala (779 A.D.) is full of cultural material which gains in value because of the firm date of its composition. [...] In the Kuvalayamālā, some names of shops according to articles displayed in them is given, [i.e., abhivāsa] [...] Thus Uddyotana has in his view a complete form of a medieval market place with the number of lines full of different commodities.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abhivāsa (अभिवास).—Covering, clothing with.

Derivable forms: abhivāsaḥ (अभिवासः).

See also (synonyms): abhivāsana.

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

Abhivāsa (अभिवास):—[=abhi-vāsa] [from abhi-vas] m. covering, [Nyāyamālā-vistara]

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

Abhivāsa (अभिवास):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-saḥ) Covering; see the quotation un-der the following word. [A reading abhivāsagṛheṣu in the verse 36 (37) of the Chaurapanch.: adyāpi dhāvati manaḥ kimahaṃ karomi sārdhaṃ sakhībhirabhivāsagṛheṣu kānte is incorrect instead of sakhībhirati vāsaº (comm. vāsagṛhe . ati atyartham &c.).] E. vas cl. 2, in the caus., with abhi, kṛt aff. ghañ.

[Sanskrit to German]

Abhivasa 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: Abhi, Vasa, Vaca.

Starts with: Abhivasana, Abhivasas, Abhivashat.

Full-text: Abhivasas, Abhivasana, Cauhatta.

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