Samdipani, Saṃdīpanī, Sam-dipani: 2 definitions

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Samdipani means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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[«previous next»] — Samdipani in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Saṃdīpanī (संदीपनी):—[=saṃ-dīpanī] [from saṃ-dīpana > saṃ-dīpaka > saṃ-dīp] f. (in music) a [particular] Śruti, [Saṃgīta-sārasaṃgraha]

2) Sāṃdīpani (सांदीपनि):—m. ([from] sam-dipana) Name of a Muni ([according to] to [Viṣṇu-purāṇa] he was the tutor of Kṛṣṇa and Bala-rāma, and requested as his preceptor’s fee that his son, supposed to be drowned in the sea but kept under the waters by the demon Pañca-jana, should be restored to him; Kṛṣṇa plunged into the sea, killed the demon, and brought back the boy to his father), [Harivaṃśa; Kādambarī; Purāṇa]

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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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