Sarvadama, Sarva-dama: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sarvadama (सर्वदम).—= सर्वदमनः (sarvadamanaḥ).

Derivable forms: sarvadamaḥ (सर्वदमः).

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Sarvadama (सर्वदम).—a. all-subduing, irresistible. (-m.) Name of Bharata, son of Duṣyanta; इहायं सत्त्वानां प्रसभदमनात् सर्व- दमनः (ihāyaṃ sattvānāṃ prasabhadamanāt sarva- damanaḥ) Ś.7.33.

Sarvadama is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sarva and dama (दम). See also (synonyms): sarvadamana.

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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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