Asamvasika, Asaṃvāsika: 1 definition
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAsaṃvāsika (असंवासिक).—(a-saṃvāsika), m., and f. °kā (compare next, and Pali id. and asaṃvāsa, same meaning), (a monk or nun) that is denied the right of living with the order; one expelled from the monastic community: °kaḥ Mahāvyutpatti 8758; Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya ii.204.11; °kā Bhikṣuṇī-karmavācanā 16b.2.
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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Ends with: Nanasamvasika, Samanasamvasika, Steyasamvasika.
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