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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dravyavat (द्रव्यवत्).—a.

1) Rich, wealthy.

2) Inherent in the substance.

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

Dravyavat (द्रव्यवत्).—mfn. (-vān-vatī-vat) Rich, wealthy. E. dravya, and matup aff.

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

1) Dravyavat (द्रव्यवत्):—[=dravya-vat] [from dravya > drava] mfn. inherent in the substance, [Kaṇāda’s Vaiśeṣika-sūtra]

2) [v.s. ...] rich, wealthy, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Suśruta; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]

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

Dravyavat (द्रव्यवत्):—[(vāna-vatī-vat) a.] Rich.

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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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Partial matches: Dravya, Vat.

Starts with: Dravyavattva.

Full-text: Dravyavattva, Tiraviyavan.

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Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary (by Nandalal Sinha)

Sūtra 2.1.11 (Air is a Substance) < [Chapter 1 - Of Earth, Waters, Fire, Air, and Ether]

Sūtra 1.1.8 (Resemblances of Substance, Attribute, and Action) < [Chapter 1 - Of Substance, Attribute, and Action]

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Reverberations of Dharmakirti’s Philosophy (by Birgit Kellner)

Dignāga on the View of a Generic Term as Denoting a Relation

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