Sardhamviharika, Sārdhaṃvihārika, Sardham-viharika: 1 definition
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionarySārdhaṃvihārika (सार्धंविहारिक).—and °rin (= Pali saddhiṃ-vih°; to Sanskrit sārdhaṃ [compound] with vihāra, plus -ika, -in), a (co-) resident monk, regularly however applied to those who are undergoing training, virtually (fellow-)pupil; sometimes with gen. of their preceptor, as: Ānandasya triṃśa °rikā śikṣāṃ pratyākhyāya…Mahāvastu iii.47.13; °ry-antevāsinaḥ sabrahmacāriṇaś ca Bodhisattvabhūmi 125.10; asya tatra pañca °ri- śatāni Divyāvadāna 347.2; mahallena bhūtvā pañca °riṇāṃ (of pupils) śatāni upasthāpitāni Avadāna-śataka ii.139.8; sārdha-(m.c. for sārdhaṃ-)-°riṇo Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 31.7 (verse); dvau °riṇau Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya ii.108.20.
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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