Anvesaka, Anveshaka, Anveṣaka: 11 definitions

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Anvesaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Anveṣaka can be transliterated into English as Anvesaka or Anveshaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Anveshak.

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Pali-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Anvesaka in Pali glossary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

anvesaka : (adj.) seeker.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anveṣaka (अन्वेषक).—a. Searching after, seeking for, inquiring &c.; सदा हि दर्शनाकाङ्क्षी श्रेयोऽन्वेषी च वो हरिः (sadā hi darśanākāṅkṣī śreyo'nveṣī ca vo hariḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.183.4. पौरा अस्मदन्वेषिणः (paurā asmadanveṣiṇaḥ) Ś.1.; अनुपद्यन्वेष्टा (anupadyanveṣṭā) P.V. 2.9; अन्तरान्वेषी भवामि (antarānveṣī bhavāmi) Ś.7; तौ सीतान्वेषिणौ (tau sītānveṣiṇau) R.12.54; कुमुदविटपान्वेषी हंसः (kumudaviṭapānveṣī haṃsaḥ) H.4.12.

See also (synonyms): anveṣin, anveṣṭṛ.

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

Anveṣaka (अन्वेषक).—i. e. anu- 2. iṣ + aka, adj., f. ikā, One who searches, [Rāmāyaṇa] 4, 61, 12. Who explores, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 54.

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

Anveṣaka (अन्वेषक):—[=anv-eṣaka] [from anv-iṣ] mf(ikā)n. searching, inquiring.

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

Anveṣaka (अन्वेषक):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.

(-ṣakaḥ-ṣikā-ṣakam) One who searches; e. g. teṣvanveṣakeṣu madhye kopyanveṣakajanaḥ…ūce. E. iṣ (cl. 4) with anu, kṛt aff. ṇvul.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Anveṣaka (अन्वेषक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Aṇṇesaya, Annesaya.

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Anvesaka 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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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Anveṣaka (अन्वेषक) [Also spelled anveshak]:—(nm) an explorer, enquirer; a researcher.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Anvēṣaka (ಅನ್ವೇಷಕ):—

1) [noun] he who searches for.

2) [noun] he who studies and investigates in some field of knowledge, undertaken to discover or establish facts or principles; a researcher.

3) [noun] a man who invents; esp., one who devises a new contrivance, method, etc.; an inventor.

4) [noun] a man who explores esp. the one who explores an unknown or little-known region.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Nepali dictionary

[«previous next»] — Anvesaka in Nepali glossary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Anveṣaka (अन्वेषक):—adj. searching after; seeking from; inquiring into; carrying out investigation; n. inquirer; investigator;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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