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

Saṃvartanīya (संवर्तनीय).—(primarily) adj. (but see below; § 22.20; compare Pali saṃvattaniya, °ika; also prec. items), conducive (to, in a [compound], prec. by complement): dharma- vyasana-°nīyena karmābhisaṃskāreṇa Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 312.10, by per- formance of actions conducive to injury to the Doctrine; (ānantaryāṇi) narakakarma-°nīyāni karmāṇi Divyāvadāna 260.8, deeds which conduce to deeds (leading to) hell; niraya-°yaṃ karma Śikṣāsamuccaya 167.9; (karmāṇi)…apāya-°yāni Vajracchedikā 34.18; karma alpāyuḥ-°yaṃ Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 30.6, and long list of parallels in same ending; sarvajñatā-°yaṃ kuśalamūlam Gaṇḍavyūha 18.19; (Avalokiteśvarāya…) bahuparivāra-°nīyāya Kāraṇḍavvūha 11.15 (who is conducive to an ample retinue, sc., for his worshippers?); (dānaṃ dadāti mahātyāgabhoga-vipāka-)- [Page540-b+ 71] pratilābhasaṃvartanīyaṃ Divyāvadāna 482.8, conducive to attaining the fruition of…, and long list of such terms, all ending vipākapratilābha- (in line 9 lābha omitted by obvious error)-°nīyam, qualifying some kind of dānam; kim asya dārakasya rājñaḥ °nīyāni karmāṇi na veti? paśyati, santi Divyāvadāna 579.28, has this boy deeds conducive (? conforming, suitable) to (becoming) a king or not ? he saw, he has! (and the boy was made king); puṇyābhisaṃskāraṃ prasaved buddhajñāna-°nīyam Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 337.4; here construable as adj. with puṇyābhi°, but seems clearly subst. in (sa kulaputro vā kuladuhitā vā) prasaved buddhajñāna-°nīyam (what is conducive to Buddha-knowledge) aprameyam asaṃkhyeyam aparyantam Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 339.11; in absolute use, without indication of complement, °nīyaṃ kuśalamūlam upacinoti Avadāna-śataka i.214.1, he accumulates a root of merit conducive (to the proper result); seems to be used both as subst. and absolutely, without complement, in Mahāvastu ii.111.17, (having lived in pleasure many years in the city of the kiṃnaras with their princess Manoharā,) sarvodyāneṣu °nīyaṃ (one ms. °nīye) anubhavitvā, having experienced what was ‘con- ducive’ (conforming, suitable, to be expected?) in all the parks, (he said to Māhārāṣṭrī).

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

Saṃvartanīya (संवर्तनीय):—[=saṃ-vartanīya] [from saṃ-varta > saṃ-vṛt] mfn. (ifc. leading or conducive to), [Saddharma-puṇḍarīka]

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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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Partial matches: Vartaniya, Sam.

Ends with: Pratisamvartaniya.

Full-text: Prasadika.

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