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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryNaimittikatā (नैमित्तिकता).—(naimittika-tā) (from prec., meaning 1; = Pali nemit°), Bodhisattvabhūmi 168.21, or °tva, nt., Mahāvyutpatti 2496: hinting at desires, to get particular gifts; one of the 5 mithyājīva of a monk; see references s.v. kuhana. Tibetan renders Mahāvyutpatti gzhog sloṅ, indirect begging. See also s.v. nimitta.
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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