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Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Mithyāvādin (मिथ्यावादिन्) refers to “those who utter lies”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.4.4 (“Search for Kārttikeya and his conversation with Nandin”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada: “On hearing the words of Śiva and after consulting one another they replied one by one. They were so afraid of the great lord. [Viṣṇu said]:—Let those who have concealed your semen incur the sins of those who utter lies (mithyāvādin), of those who outrage the modesty of preceptor’s wife, and of those who are engaged in insulting the preceptor always. [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mithyāvādin (मिथ्यावादिन्).—a. lying, false, untruthful; मिथ्यावादिनि दूति (mithyāvādini dūti) ...... K. P.

Mithyāvādin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mithyā and vādin (वादिन्). See also (synonyms): mithyāvāk.

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

Mithyāvādin (मिथ्यावादिन्).—mfn. (-dī-dinī-di) Lying, a liar. E. mithyā and vādin who speaks.

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

Mithyāvādin (मिथ्यावादिन्).—adj., f. nī, lying, a liar, [Pañcatantra] 52, 14.

Mithyāvādin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mithyā and vādin (वादिन्).

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

Mithyāvādin (मिथ्यावादिन्).—[adjective] speaking untruly, lying.

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

Mithyāvādin (मिथ्यावादिन्):—[mithyā-vādin] (dī-dinī-di) a. Lying.

[Sanskrit to German]

Mithyavadin 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Mithyavādi (ಮಿಥ್ಯವಾದಿ):—[noun] = ಮಿಥ್ಯವಂತ [mithyavamta].

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Mithyāvādi (ಮಿಥ್ಯಾವಾದಿ):—

1) [noun] a man who advocates or follows the doctrine that the phenominal world is nothing but untrue or illusion, from the stand point of the eternal Supreme Brahman.

2) [noun] (Buddh.) a man who advocates or believes in the theory of consciousness of the yōgācāra school of Mahāyāna.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Mithya.

Full-text: Mithyavak, Samkhyana.

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