Samvyavahara, Saṃvyavahāra: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saṃvyavahāra (संव्यवहार).—

1) Duty, business; संव्यवहारात् शौचं मैत्रतां दृढभक्तिं च परीक्षेत (saṃvyavahārāt śaucaṃ maitratāṃ dṛḍhabhaktiṃ ca parīkṣeta) Kau. A.1.9.

2) Mercantile transaction, calling, trade; अपि प्रचीयन्ते संव्यवहाराणां वृद्धिलाभाः (api pracīyante saṃvyavahārāṇāṃ vṛddhilābhāḥ) Mu.1; see व्यवहार (vyavahāra).

Derivable forms: saṃvyavahāraḥ (संव्यवहारः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saṃvyavahāra (संव्यवहार).—i. e. sam -vi-ava-hṛ + a, m. 1. Relation to each other, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 316. 2. Business, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 131.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saṃvyavahāra (संव्यवहार).—[masculine] intercourse; occupation or dealing with ([instrumental] or —°).

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

1) Saṃvyavahāra (संव्यवहार):—[=saṃ-vyavahāra] [from saṃ-vyavaharaṇa > saṃvyava-hṛ] m. idem (cf. loka-s), [Gaṇitādhyāya; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] mutual dealing, traffic, intercourse, dealing with ([compound]), [Āpastamba; Pañcatantra]

3) [v.s. ...] occupation with, addiction to ([compound]), [Mahābhārata; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]

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

Saṃvyavahāra (संव्यवहार) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Saṃvavahāra.

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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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