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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryDvistvala (द्विस्त्वल).—(?) , m., or (iii.161.4) dvistvalaka, m., dubious form assumed by Senart (the mss. in most of the passages vary considerably), some unknown kind of entertainer, in lists of various sorts of entertainers (compare e.g. kheluka, gāyanaka, kumbhatūṇika, pañcavaṭuka, etc.): Mahāvastu iii.113.3; 141.18; 161.4; 255.12; 442.9. Cf. ḍimbara.
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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Full-text: Dimbara, Pancavatuka, Velambaka.
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The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XLV - The conversion of Bimbisāra < [Volume III]
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