Paridhvamsin, Paridhvaṃsin: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Paridhvaṃsin (परिध्वंसिन्).—a. Ruining, destroying; राजकार्यपरिध्वंसी मन्त्री दोषेण लिप्यते (rājakāryaparidhvaṃsī mantrī doṣeṇa lipyate) H.2.125.

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

Paridhvaṃsin (परिध्वंसिन्).—i. e. pari-dhvaṃs + in, adj. Destroying. Kām. Nītis. 2, 40.

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

Paridhvaṃsin (परिध्वंसिन्).—[adjective] falling off or destroying.

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

1) Paridhvaṃsin (परिध्वंसिन्):—[=pari-dhvaṃsin] [from pari-dhvaṃsa] mfn. falling off, [Suśruta]

2) [v.s. ...] destroying, ruining, [Kāmandakīya-nītisāra; Hitopadeśa v, 118] ([varia lectio])

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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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