Samdish, Saṃdiś: 3 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Saṃdiś can be transliterated into English as Samdis or Samdish, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saṃdiś (संदिश्).—6 P.

1) To give, grant, assign, make over; राज्यं संदिश्य भोगांश्च ममार व्रणपीडिः (rājyaṃ saṃdiśya bhogāṃśca mamāra vraṇapīḍiḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 6.141; Y.2.232.

2) To order, direct, instruct, advise send as a message; किं नु खलु दुष्यन्तस्य युक्तरूपमस्माभिः संदेष्टव्यम् (kiṃ nu khalu duṣyantasya yuktarūpamasmābhiḥ saṃdeṣṭavyam) Ś.4; Śiśupālavadha 9.56,61.

3) To send as a messenger, entrust with a message; अथ विश्वात्मने गौरी संदिदेश मिथः सखीम् (atha viśvātmane gaurī saṃdideśa mithaḥ sakhīm) Kumārasambhava 6.1.

4) To appoint.

5) To commission or depute in general.

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

Saṃdiś (संदिश्):—[=saṃ-√diś] [Parasmaipada] -diśati ([indeclinable participle] -diśya q.v.), to point out, appoint, assign, [Rāmāyaṇa; Bhaṭṭi-kāvya];

—to state, tell, direct, command, give an order or message to ([genitive case] or [dative case], sometimes two [accusative]; with abhi-dūti, ‘to a female messenger’), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

—to despatch any one ([accusative]) on a message to ([dative case]), [Kumāra-sambhava] :

—[Causal] -deśayati, to cause to point out or declare, invite or ask to speak about, [Mahābhārata]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Saṃdiś (संदिश्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Appāha, Saṃdisa.

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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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