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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Pravedhati (प्रवेधति).—once °dhayate (= Pali pave°; see also pravyadhati; regularly follows vedhati, q.v.), intenser substitute for vedhati: prāvedhat Lalitavistara 352.2; 411.1; °dhanta Daśabhūmikasūtra 98.31; read pravedhayamānaḥ Lalitavistara 188.3 (prose) with most and best mss., intrans., trembling, for Lefm. °vep°; °dhita, ppp. Mahāvyutpatti 3008; Divyāvadāna 250.23; 365.15; Samādhirājasūtra 19.6.

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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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