Alternative spellings of this word include Chhettavya.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Chettavya (छेत्तव्य).—mfn.

(-vyaḥ-vyā-vyaṃ) To be cut, to be cut off, &c. E. chid to cut, tavya aff.

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

Chettavya (छेत्तव्य).—[adjective] to be cut or split.

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

1) Chettavya (छेत्तव्य):—[from chid] a mfn. to be cut off, [Manu-smṛti viii, 279; Rāmāyaṇa vi, 92, 4]

2) [v.s. ...] to be cut, [Nyāyamālā-vistara ix, 3, 13 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

3) b ttṛ, etc. See √1. chid.

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

Chettavya (छेत्तव्य):—[(vyaḥ-vyā-vyaṃ) a.] That may be cut.

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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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Ends with: Paricchettavya, Samchettavya.

Full-text: Chedaniya, Chedya, Samchettri, Samchettavya.

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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)

Verse 8.279 < [Section XLII - Assaults]

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

Emptiness 12: Emptiness of essences (prakṛtiśūnyatā) < [Chapter XLVIII - The Eighteen Emptinesses]

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