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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Spardha (स्पर्ध).—A word used in the sense of 'a conflict of two rules' (विप्रतिषेध (vipratiṣedha)) in some grammars such as those of Jainendra, Sakatayana and Hemacandra; cf Jain. I.2.39,Sak. I.1.46 and Hema. VII.4. 119.

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

spardhā (स्पर्धा).—f (S) Emulation or envy; emulating or vieing with; coping or competing with; rivalry.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

spardhā (स्पर्धा).—f Emulation or envy; rivalry.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Spardha (स्पर्ध).—a. Emulous, envious.

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Spardhā (स्पर्धा).—[spardh-a]

1) Emulation, rivalry, competition; आत्मनस्तु बुधैः स्पर्धां शुद्धधीर्बह्वमन्यत (ātmanastu budhaiḥ spardhāṃ śuddhadhīrbahvamanyata).

2) Jealousy, envy.

3) Defiance.

4) Equality with.

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

Spardha (स्पर्ध) or Sparddha.—mfn.

(-rddhaḥ-rddhā-rddhaṃ) Envious, emulous. E. sparddh to envy, ac aff.

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Spardhā (स्पर्धा) or Sparddhā.—f.

(-rddhā) 1. Emulation, rivalry. 2. Equality, sameness. 3. Successive elevation. 4. Jealousy, envy. 5. Defiance. E. sparddh to envy or vie with, affs. aṅ and ṭāp .

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

Spardha (स्पर्ध).—[spardh + a], I. adj. Emulous, envious. Ii. f. dhā. 1. Emulation, envy, jealousy, [Johnson's Selections from the Mahābhārata.] 45, 68; [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5. 285. 2. Successive elevation. 3. Sameness.

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

Spardhā (स्पर्धा).—[feminine] contest, emulation with ([instrumental] ±saha, [genetive], or —°) about ([instrumental]).

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

1) Spardha (स्पर्ध):—[from spṛdh] mfn. emulous, envious (-tā f.), [Horace H. Wilson]

2) Spardhā (स्पर्धा):—[from spardha > spṛdh] a f. See below.

3) [from spṛdh] b f. emulation, rivalry, envy, competition for or with ([instrumental case] with and without saha [genitive case] [locative case], or [compound]; dhayā, ‘in rivalry or emulation’), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.

4) [v.s. ...] desire for ([compound]), [Bhartṛhari] ([varia lectio])

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Spardha (स्पर्ध) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Phaḍḍa, Phaḍḍaga, Phaḍḍuga, Phaddha, Phaddhā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Spardha 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Spardhā (स्पर्धा):—(nf) rivalry, envy.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Spardhadharmi, Spardhaka, Spardhalu, Spardhamana, Spardhana, Spardhanem, Spardhaniya, Spardhas, Spardhata, Spardhavant, Spardhavat.

Ends with: Anyonyaspardha, Aspardha, Pratispardha, Samarthaspardha, Samspardha, Sapatnispardha, Saptaspardha, Vispahspardha, Vispardha.

Full-text (+10): Phaddha, Spardhas, Spardhata, Pratispardha, Sparddha, Spardhavat, Vispardha, Sparddhata, Sparttai, Anyonyaspardha, Samspardha, Saptaspardha, Phaddaga, Spardhanem, Upaspijam, Aspardha, Asparddha, Phadda, Phadduga, Sapatnispardha.

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