Sarvavarnin, Sarvavarṇin, Sarva-varnin: 2 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sarvavarṇin (सर्ववर्णिन्).—a. of various kinds; खादिरान् बिल्वसमितांस्तावतः सर्ववर्णिनः (khādirān bilvasamitāṃstāvataḥ sarvavarṇinaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 14.88. 27 (com. varṇinaḥ palāśakāṣṭhamayāḥ).

Sarvavarṇin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sarva and varṇin (वर्णिन्).

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

Sarvavarṇin (सर्ववर्णिन्):—[=sarva-varṇin] [from sarva] mfn. ([probably]) of various kinds, [Mahābhārata]

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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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