Mahavaistara, Mahāvaistāra: 1 definition
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryMahāvaistāra (महावैस्तार).—adj. (can be interpreted as from *mahā-vistāra, a normal Sanskrit [compound], great extent, plus -a; Whitney 1204e), of great extent: (te kārāḥ…mahānu- śaṃsā mahādyutayo) °stārā(ḥ) Avadāna-śataka ii.108.2.
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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