Saptavadhri: 3 definitions

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

Saptavadhri (सप्तवध्रि).—[adjective] fettered with seven thongs (the soul); [masculine] [Name] of a man.

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

1) Saptavadhri (सप्तवध्रि):—[=sapta-vadhri] [from sapta > saptan] mfn. (ta-) fettered by 7 thongs (applied to the soul), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of an Ātreya (protected by the Aśvins and author of the hymns, [Ṛg-veda v, 78, viii, 62]), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda]

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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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