Saptadvaravakirna, Saptadvārāvakīrṇa, Saptan-dvaravakirna: 3 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saptadvārāvakīrṇa (सप्तद्वारावकीर्ण).—a. dominated or affected by the seven gates (5 organs, mind and intellect); सप्तद्वाराकीर्णां च न वाचमनृतां वदेत् (saptadvārākīrṇāṃ ca na vācamanṛtāṃ vadet) Manusmṛti 6.48 (see Kull.).

Saptadvārāvakīrṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms saptan and dvārāvakīrṇa (द्वारावकीर्ण).

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

Saptadvārāvakīrṇa (सप्तद्वारावकीर्ण).—[adjective] scattered at the seven gates ([figuratively] = worldly, mundane).

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

Saptadvārāvakīrṇa (सप्तद्वारावकीर्ण):—[=sapta-dvārāvakīrṇa] [from sapta > saptan] mfn. scattered over or dominated or affected by the 7 gates (id est. [according to] to [Manvarthamuktāvalī, kullūka bhaṭṭa’s Commentary on manu-smṛti], ‘by the 5 organs of sense, the mind and the intellect’, or ‘by this world and the 3 above and the 3 below it’), [Manu-smṛti vi, 48.]

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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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