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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

dhāvita : (pp. of dhāvati) run; run away.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dhāvita (धावित).—p. p.

1) Purified, cleansed.

2) Running towards, or against.

3) Running, going quickly.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Dhāvita (धावित).—(nt.? not otherwise recorded as noun), run- ning, as an athletic exercise or art, in lists of arts learned by a young man: °te (423.16 adds laṅghite) javite plavite Mahāvastu ii.423.16; 434.12; °tesmiṃ (so mss., Senart °tasmiṃ) laṅghite javite iii.184.8. All locs.

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

Dhāvita (धावित).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) 1. Purified, Clean, cleansed. 2. Gone, gone or run away. 3. Run to, advanced to or against. E. dhāv to clean, affix kta, with iṭ augment, or without the augment dhauta.

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

1) Dhāvita (धावित):—[from dhāv] 1. dhāvita mfn. running, having begun to run, Kath, [iii, 52.]

2) [from dhāv] 2. dhāvita mfn. purified, clean, [Mahābhārata]

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

Dhāvita (धावित):—[(taḥ-tā-taṃ) a.] Purified, cleansed; gone to; run to.

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

Dhāvita (धावित) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Dhāia, Dhāvia.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Dhavitar, Dhavitavya.

Ends with: Adhavita, Anudhavita, Anupradhavita, Avadhavita, Dhavadhavita, Medhavita, Nirdhavita, Paridhavita, Pradhavita, Samuddhavita, Sandhavita, Uddhavita, Vidhavita, Vriddhavita.

Full-text: Anudhavita, Dhavitri, Avadhavita, Dhai, Dhaia, Dhavin, Dhavia, Vidhavita, Pradhavita, Dhav, Upadhavati, Langhita.

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The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)

Chapter XII(a) - The Jātaka of the female elephant (hastin or hastinī) (prose) < [Volume III]

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