Asamavartaka, Asamāvartaka: 2 definitions

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Asamāvartaka (असमावर्तक).—

Derivable forms: asamāvartakaḥ (असमावर्तकः).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Asamāvartaka (असमावर्तक):—[=a-samāvartaka] m. a religious student who has not yet completed the period of his residence with his teacher and who therefore has not yet returned home, [Manu-smṛti xi, 157.]

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