Sarvavedas, Sarva-vedas: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sarvavedas (सर्ववेदस्).—m. one who performs a sacrifice by giving away all his wealth; Manusmṛti 11.1.

-sam all one's property; उशन् ह वै वाजश्रवसः सर्ववेदसं ददौ (uśan ha vai vājaśravasaḥ sarvavedasaṃ dadau) Kath.1.1; चतुर्थे चायुषः शेषे वानप्रस्थाश्रमं त्यजेत् । सद्यस्कारां निरूप्येष्टिं सर्ववेदसदक्षिणाम् (caturthe cāyuṣaḥ śeṣe vānaprasthāśramaṃ tyajet | sadyaskārāṃ nirūpyeṣṭiṃ sarvavedasadakṣiṇām) || Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.244.23.

Sarvavedas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sarva and vedas (वेदस्).

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

Sarvavedas (सर्ववेदस्) or Sarvvavedas.—m.

(-dāḥ) A man who gives away all his property to the priests who have been employed by him at particular sacrifices, of which such a destination of the principal’s whole wealth is an essential part. E. sarva all, vid to gain, causal form, aff. asun .

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

Sarvavedas (सर्ववेदस्).—m. a man who, at the conclusion of the viśvajit sacrifice, divides all his property amongst the priests.

Sarvavedas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sarva and vedas (वेदस्).

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

Sarvavedas (सर्ववेदस्).—[adjective] having complete possession.

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

1) Sarvavedas (सर्ववेदस्):—[=sarva-vedas] [from sarva] mfn. (sarva-) having complete property, [Atharva-veda]

2) [v.s. ...] m. one who gives away all his prop° to the priests after a sacrifice, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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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