Kavalita: 7 definitions

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Kavalita 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.

In Hinduism

Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (vaishnavism)

Kavalita (कवलित) [=Kabalita?] refers to “encompassing” [?] according to Vedānta Deśika’s Yatirājasaptati (verse 73).—Accordingly, “May the Yatirājasaptati, the lamp that aids the Upaniṣads by which the distortions that are wrong views are extinguished, give us the knowledge that encompasses (kabalita) both the vibhūtis of the Blessed One [kabalitabhagavadvibhūtiyugmāṃ]”.

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kavalita (कवलित).—a.

1) Eaten, swallowed up (as a mouthful).

2) Chewed.

3) (Hence) Taken, seized; as is मृत्युना कवलिता (mṛtyunā kavalitā).

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

Kavalita (कवलित).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Eaten E. kavala nominal verb, to eat, and kta aff.

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

Kavalita (कवलित).—i. e. kavala + ita, adj. Devoured, [Pañcatantra] 213, 6.

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

Kavalita (कवलित):—[from kavala] mfn. swallowed by the mouthful, eaten, devoured, [Pañcatantra; Kathāsaritsāgara]

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

Kavalita (कवलित):—[(taḥ-tā-taṃ) a.] Eaten.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kavalita in German

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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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