The Sanskrit terms Kusīdavṛddhi and Kusidavṛddhi can be transliterated into English as Kusidavrddhi or Kusidavriddhi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-śāstra

Kusīdavṛddhi (कुसीदवृद्धि) refers to “interest on money”. The word is used throughout Dharmaśāstra literature such as the Manusmṛti. (See the Manubhāṣya 8.151)

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kusīdavṛddhi (कुसीदवृद्धि) or Kusidavṛddhi (कुसिदवृद्धि).—f. interest on money; कुसीदवृद्धिर्द्वैगुण्यं नात्येति सकृदाहृता (kusīdavṛddhirdvaiguṇyaṃ nātyeti sakṛdāhṛtā) Manusmṛti 8.151.

Derivable forms: kusīdavṛddhiḥ (कुसीदवृद्धिः), kusidavṛddhiḥ (कुसिदवृद्धिः).

Kusīdavṛddhi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kusīda and vṛddhi (वृद्धि).

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

Kusīdavṛddhi (कुसीदवृद्धि).—f.

(-ddhiḥ) Interest on money. E. kusīda and vṛddhi increase.

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

Kusīdavṛddhi (कुसीदवृद्धि).—f. interest on money, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 151.

Kusīdavṛddhi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kusīda and vṛddhi (वृद्धि).

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

Kusīdavṛddhi (कुसीदवृद्धि).—[feminine] interest on money.

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

Kusīdavṛddhi (कुसीदवृद्धि):—[=kusīda-vṛddhi] [from kusīda] f. usurious interest on money, [Gautama-dharma-śāstra; Manu-smṛti viii, 151.]

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

Kusīdavṛddhi (कुसीदवृद्धि):—[kusīda-vṛddhi] (ddhiḥ) 2. f. Interest.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kusidavriddhi in German

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vriddhi, Kusida.

Full-text: Kusida, Pancata, Dhanya.

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