Samudghatana, Samudghaṭana: 2 definitions

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

Samudghaṭana (समुद्घटन).—(see s.v. °ghāṭayati), removal, destruction: (anuśayānāṃ…) ananyāryamārga-°na-tāṃ ca yathābhūtaṃ prajānāti Daśabhūmikasūtra 75.13 (and the fact that the anu° find their abolition in, or by, the peerless Noble Path).

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Samudghāṭana (समुद्घाटन).—(nt.; to Sanskrit °ghāṭayati with -ana), [Page574-a+ 71] opening (of a stūpa): mahāratnastūpasya °ne Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 248.8 (prose).

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Samudghātana (समुद्घातन).—(nt.; Prakrit samugghāyaṇa = vināśa, [Paia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo]), plucking out, rooting out, destruction (= prec.): sarvānuśayaśalya-°na-tayā Gaṇḍavyūha 494.23 (prose).

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

Samudghātana (समुद्घातन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Samugghāyaṇa.

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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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