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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Spardh (स्पर्ध्).—1 Ā. (spardhate)

1) To contend or vie with, emulate, rival, compete, be equal with; अस्पर्धिष्ट च रामेण (aspardhiṣṭa ca rāmeṇa) Bhaṭṭikāvya 15.65; कस्तैस्सह स्पर्धते (kastaissaha spardhate) Bhartṛhari 2.16.

2) To challenge, defy, bid defiance to.

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

Spardh (स्पर्ध्) or Sparddh.—r. 1st cl. (spardhate) 1. To vie, to envy, to desire another’s reduction. 2. To rival. 3. To defy. With prati, To bid defiance.

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

Spardh (स्पर्ध्).— (i. e. spṛ-dhā), i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] (in epic poetry also [Parasmaipada.], Mahābhārata 5, 170), 1. To contend with, to contest, Mahābhārata 1, 205. 2. To emulate, to vie, [Pañcatantra] v. [distich] 50; to envy, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 60, 65, Seramp. 3. To be equal, Mahābhārata 1, 4991. spardhita, Contended with, envied, defied.

— With bi vi, To vie, Mahābhārata 1, 1088.

— Cf. [Gothic.] spaurds; A. S. spyrd; O. H. G. spurt, stadium (originally certamen); probably also A. S. flit, ge-flit, strife; see spṛh.

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

Spardh (स्पर्ध्):—(or spṛdh; cf. √spṛh) [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] ([Dhātupāṭha ii, 2]) spardhate (mc. also [Parasmaipada] ti; Subj. [pra] -spūrdhan, [Ṛg-veda vi, 67, 9]; [perfect tense] paspṛdhe, dhāna, apaspṛdhethām, [Ṛg-veda]; paspardha, [Mahābhārata] etc.; [Aorist] aspṛdhran, spṛdhānd, [Ṛg-veda] : aspardhiṣṭa [grammar]; [future] spardhitā, spardhiṣyate, [ib.]; [infinitive mood] spardhitum, [Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa]; spūrdhase, [Ṛg-veda]; [indeclinable participle] -spṛdhya, [ib.]),

—to emulate, compete, rival, vie or cope with ([instrumental case] with and without saha, or [accusative]), contend or struggle for ([locative case]), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.:—[Causal] spardhayati [grammar]:—[Desiderative] pispardhiṣate, [ib.] :—[Intensive] pāspardhyate, pāsparddhi, [ib.] (apāspāḥ, [Pāṇini 8-3, 14 [Scholiast or Commentator]])

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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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Starts with: Spardha, Spardhadharmi, Spardhaka, Spardhalu, Spardhamana, Spardhana, Spardhanem, Spardhaniya, Spardhas, Spardhata, Spardhavant, Spardhavat, Spardhe, Spardhi, Spardhin, Spardhisu, Spardhit, Spardhita, Spardhya, Spardhyastaranavat.

Ends with: Adhispardh, Praspardh, Pratispardh, Samspardh, Vispardh.

Full-text: Parispardhin, Spurdh, Samspardha, Pratispardha, Vispardha, Vishpardhas, Spardha, Sprih, Pratispardh, Praspardhin, Samspardh, Spridh, Spardhaniya, Praspardh, Samspardhin, Adhispardh, Vispardh, Sparddh, Pratispardhin.

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