Sarvadarshin, Sarvadarśin, Sarva-darshin: 7 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Sarvadarśin can be transliterated into English as Sarvadarsin or Sarvadarshin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sarvadarśin (सर्वदर्शिन्).—a. all-seeing. -m.

1) a Buddha.

2) the Supreme Being.

Sarvadarśin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sarva and darśin (दर्शिन्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Sarvadarśin (सर्वदर्शिन्).—(according to Trik., Sanskrit Lex., all-seeing as epithet of a Buddha; compare prec.), name of two previous incarnations of Śākyamuni, the second called a king (nṛpa); in the same list, but their deeds are quite different: Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 24.8 and 15 (verses).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sarvadarśin (सर्वदर्शिन्) or Sarvvadarśin.—mfn. (-rśī-rśinī-rśi) All-seeing. m. (-rśī) A Budd'ha in general. E. sarva all, and darśin seeing.

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

Sarvadarśin (सर्वदर्शिन्).—[adjective] all-seeing.

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

1) Sarvadarśin (सर्वदर्शिन्):—[=sarva-darśin] [from sarva] mfn. all-seeing, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

2) [v.s. ...] m. a Buddha, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] an Arhat (with Jainas), [ib.]

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

Sarvadarśin (सर्वदर्शिन्):—[sarva-darśin] (rśī-rśinī-rśi) a. All-seeing. m. A Buddha.

[Sanskrit to German]

Sarvadarshin in German

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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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