Samvat, Saṃvat, Shamvat: 11 definitions
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Saṃvat.—(IE 8-1), originally an abbreviation of saṃvatsara (a year) or any of its declensional cases that can be used in ex- pressing a date; later stereotyped in the sense of ‘a year’ or ‘an era’. It was generally regarded as indeclinable; but we have some cases of the use of forms with case-endings, e. g., saṃvataḥ, saṃvatā, saṃvati and saṃvatām. See also saṃvate (IE 8-1), the seventh case-ending of saṃvata, a corrupt form of saṃvat. Since the late medieval age, the word specially indi- cates the Vikrama era, although originally it was used with the name of any reckoning in quoting the dates of records, especially the regnal reckoning. The word is used in inscriptions in a large number of corrupt forms, e. g., samvata, samvatta, samata, samanta, samatta, saṃmat, samasta, smat, samvatu, samvatū, etc., etc. Note: saṃvat is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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Samvat.—(IE 8-1), mistake for saṃvat, originally an abbre- viation of saṃvatsara. Note: samvat is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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Marathi-English dictionary
saṃvat (संवत्) [or संवद्, saṃvad].—m (S) A year; esp. a year of Wikramaditya. This era commenced 57 years before Christ.
saṃvat (संवत्) [-da, -द].—m A year; esp. a year of vikramāditya.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Saṃvat (संवत्).—ind.
1) A year.
2) Especially a year of the Vikramāditya era (commencing 56 years before the Christian era).
Saṃvat (संवत्).—Ind. 1. A year. 2. A year of Vikramaditya's era.
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Saṃvāt (संवात्).—mfn. (-vān-vātī or vāntī vāt) Blowing, breathing, (as wind.) E. sam before vā to blow, śatṛ aff.
Saṃvat (संवत्).—probably sam-*vat (cf. parut), indecl. 1. A year. 2. A year of Vikramāditya’s era.
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Saṃvat (संवत्).—1. [feminine] side, stretch, streak.
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Saṃvat (संवत्).—2. abbrev. for saṃvatsare in the year (of Vikrama's era, 56 B.[Causative]).
1) Śaṃvat (शंवत्):—[=śaṃ-vat] [from śaṃ > śam] mfn. (śaṃ-) auspicious, prosperous, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] containing the word śam, [Catalogue(s)]
3) Śamvat (शम्वत्):—śamva, śamvat [wrong reading] for śamba and śaṃvat.
4) Saṃvat (संवत्):—[=saṃ-vat] 1. saṃ-vat f. ([from] 2. sam; cf. ni-vat, pra-vat) a side, region, tract, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda]
5) [v.s. ...] = saṃgrāma, [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska ii, 17.]
6) [v.s. ...] 2. saṃ-vat ind. (a contraction of saṃ-vatsara below) a year, in the year (in later times [especially] of the Vikrama era [beginning in 58 B.[Calcutta edition] See vikramāditya] as opp. to the Śaka era [in modern times supposed to be founded by Śāli-vāhana; See 3. śaka]; sometimes = ‘in the year of the reign of’), [Inscriptions] etc., [Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams 494.]
7) [=saṃ-vat] 3. saṃ-vat mfn. containing the word sam, [Śāṅkhāyana-brāhmaṇa]
8) [v.s. ...] n. Name of a Sāman, [Pañcaviṃśa-brāhmaṇa]
Saṃvat (संवत्):—
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Saṃvat (संवत्):—2. Abkürzung für saṃvatsare im Jahr, anno gaṇa svarādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 1, 37.] [Amarakoṣa 3, 5, 16.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1535.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 25.] [Hārāvalī 28.] vikrama, siddhahemakumāra [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1535, Scholiast] = vikrama [WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 350.] im Regierungsjahre Inschr. bei [Colebrooke 2, 244, 7]; vgl. [281.]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Saṃvat (संवत्):—(nm) a contraction of [saṃvatsara] (see), a year; era (as shak or Vikrami:) year.
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Nepali dictionary
Saṃvat (संवत्):—n. an era; esp. that of Vikramaditya (beginning shortly after 57 B.C.);
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches (+0): Sam, Vat, Cam.
Starts with (+13): Camvatam, Camvatsaravariyam, Samvat-badhnu, Samvat-suru-garnu, Samvatan, Samvatana, Samvathala, Samvatika, Samvatisvaram, Samvatsalavana, Samvatsam, Samvatsara, Samvatsarabhrami, Samvatsarabhrit, Samvatsarabhrita, Samvatsarabhritin, Samvatsarabhritokha, Samvatsarabhukti, Samvatsarabrahmana, Samvatsaradidhiti.
Full-text (+127): Isvi-samvat, Samvat-badhnu, Samva, Cedisamvat, Samvat-suru-garnu, Simhasamvat, Saptarshisamvat, Shamvatya, Samvattati, Vikramaditya, Isvi-sanwat, Samvatsaratyasam, Samvatsarayusha, Samvatsarina, Samvatsarakalpalata, Samvatsaravara, Samvatsaropasita, Samvatsaradiphala, Samvatsaradidhiti, Samvatsarakaumudi.
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