Kanvamat, Kaṇvamat: 2 definitions

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Kanvamat means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kaṇvamat (कण्वमत्).—a. United with a praiser or with the Kaṇvas (as Indra); आ तू षिञ्च कण्वमन्तम् (ā tū ṣiñca kaṇvamantam) Ṛgveda 8.2.22.

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

1) Kaṇvamat (कण्वमत्):—[=kaṇva-mat] [from kaṇva] mfn. prepared by the Kaṇvas (as the Soma, [Boehtlingk’s Sanskrit-Woerterbuch in kuerzerer fassung])

2) [v.s. ...] united with the praisers or with the Kaṇvas (as Indra, [Sāyaṇa]), [Ṛg-veda viii, 2, 22.]

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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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