Samsprishati, Saṃspṛśati: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Saṃspṛśati can be transliterated into English as Samsprsati or Samsprishati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionarySaṃspṛśati (संस्पृशति).—(compare Prakrit saṃphusiya, wiped away, clearly ppp. to this verb, altho it is not otherwise recorded in this meaning and [Paia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo] derives the Prakrit from saṃmṛṣṭa, implausibly), wipes away, removes (?), or perhaps (as in Sanskrit) comes in contact with, or ([Boehtlingk and Roth] s.v. 6) masters, gets the better of: mitreṣu (6 putreṣu) ādīnavaṃ (read °va, with mss. in 6, both times) saṃspṛśanto eko care khaḍgaviṣāṇakalpo Mahāvastu i.359.2, 6 (verses); so mss., both times, surely to be kept (Senart em. saṃmṛśanto, perhaps because of Pali Sn 69 saṃmasitā; but the two verses are otherwise quite different); the preceding, closely parallel verses have vijugupsamāno (viji°, tu ju°); translate, wiping away (removing), or coming in contact with, or overcoming, the evil (that resides) in friends (sons), one should…; the first seems most likely.
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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Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 2.434 < [Book 2 - Vākya-kāṇḍa]
Women in the Atharva-veda Samhita (by Pranab Jyoti Kalita)
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The Agnistoma Somayaga in the Shukla Yajurveda (by Madan Haloi)
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