Nagavivithi, Nāgavīvīthi, Nagavi-vithi, Nāgavīvīthī: 1 definition

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[«previous next»] — Nagavivithi in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nāgavīvīthi (नागवीवीथि).—[Nāga-vī-] thī, f. 1. a line formed by snakes, Mahābhārata 13, 5261. 2. the name of a part of the orbit of the moon, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 3, 187. 3. a proper name, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 148. Sura -vīthī, f. the road of the gods, [Indralokāgamana] 2, 12.

Nāgavīvīthi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nāgavī and vīthi (वीथि).

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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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