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

Dvipari (द्विपरि).—(?) (-vartanāveṇī), Lalitavistara 256.1. If we accept dvi-pari- with all mss. and both edd. we should have to under- stand it as part of the following [compound]; in that case apparently parivartanā = vartanā, and with preceding dvi- the whole might mean string of double beads (lit. spheres?), i.e., [Page274-b+ 71] possibly, extra-large ones? See the whole passage cited s.v. vartanā(veṇī). Note however that the close parallel Lalitavistara 254.13 lacks dvipari; and Tibetan on 256.1 has nothing corresponding. Note also that the preceding comparison, ending pārśve (and cited l.c.), lacks any statement of the tertium comparationis between the Bodhisattva's sides (pārśve) and the ‘ribs’ of a crab or the roof-frame of a (ruined) stable; 254.10—11 shows the point, viz. that they were ‘open’, so that light shone thru. Is it possible that dvipari goes with the preceding and contains a corruption of some form of vi-var-(compare vivṛtāyāṃ 254.10)? Something like opt. vivare(t), vivari? The passage is prose, and MIndic forms are not normal in prose of Lalitavistara; but no one knows how MIndic its original form may have been.

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

Dvipāri (द्विपारि).—[masculine] lion (lit. the elephant’s enemy).

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

1) Dvipāri (द्विपारि):—[=dvi-pāri] [from dvi-pa > dvi] m. ‘foe of elephants’, a. lion, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) Dvipari (द्विपरि):—[=dvi-pari] [from dvi] ind. except 2, [. ii, 1, 10; Kāśikā-vṛtti]

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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: Dvi, Pari.

Full-text: Vartana.

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