Sammodate, Saṃmodate: 1 definition
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionarySaṃmodate (संमोदते) or Saṃmodayati.—(= Pali saṃmodati), carries on a salutatory or greeting conversation with; it involves inquiry into the health and well-being of the other person, compare Majjhimanikāya (Pali) commentary i.110.5 ff.: rarely with acc. of person, na tāḥ saṃmodayej jātu kauśalyaṃ sādhu pṛcchitum Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 280.1 (verse), he should not engage at all in conversation with [Page582-a+ 71] them to ask kindly after their welfare; usually with instr. plus sārdhaṃ, devaiḥ sārdhaṃ ālapāmi saṃlapāmi saṃ- mode (1 sg. pres. mid.) Bhikṣuṇī-karmavācanā 26b.3, compare in 4 devā api mayā sārdhaṃ ālapanti saṃlapanti pratisaṃmodante (see this; here prati clearly = in return, as in Pali, e.g. Miln. 25.4); the implication seems to be that despite the instr. with sārdhaṃ which regularly precedes, the verb saṃmodate, °dayati does not in itself involve mutual greetings, but only those of the subject to another person; also with cognate acc. (after instr. plus sārdhaṃ, or rarely saha) saṃmodanīyāṃ kathāṃ saṃmodayitvā, having carried on (such) a salutatory conversation, Mahāvastu iii.47.17; 60.11; 206.1; 208.12; 325.13; 394.13; 443.18, always followed by sārā- yaṇīyāṃ kathāṃ vyatisārayitvā (or the like), see these words. In similar phrases kṛtvā, or another ger., may be substituted for saṃmodayitvā, see s.v. saṃmodana.
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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Ends with: Pratisammodate.
Full-text: Sammodaniya, Sammodayati, Pratisammodayate, Pratisammodayati, Pratisammodate, Sarayaniya.
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