Smitapurvam, Smitapūrvam, Smita-purvam: 3 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySmitapūrvam (स्मितपूर्वम्).—ind. smilingly, with a smile; सप्तर्षिभिस्तान् स्मितपूर्वमाह (saptarṣibhistān smitapūrvamāha) Kumārasambhava 7.47.
Smitapūrvam is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms smita and pūrvam (पूर्वम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySmitapūrvam (स्मितपूर्वम्).—Ind. Smilingly.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySmitapūrvam (स्मितपूर्वम्):—[=smita-pūrvam] [from smita-pūrva > smita > smi] ind.
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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