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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Suvistara (सुविस्तर) refers to a “detailed exposition of a particular story”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.19 (“Jalandhara’s emissary to Śiva”).—Accordingly, as Vyāsa said to Sanatkumāra: “O omniscient Sanatkumāra, what did the king of Daityas do after the departure of Nārada to heaven? Please narrate to me in detail (suvistara)”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Suvistara (सुविस्तर).—n. Adv.

(-raṃ) Fully, at length. E. su, and vistara expansion.

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

Suvistara (सुविस्तर).—1. [masculine] great extent, prolixity.

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Suvistara (सुविस्तर).—2. [adjective] very extensive or diffuse, very strong or mighty; [neuter] [adverb]

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

1) Suvistara (सुविस्तर):—[=su-vistara] [from su > su-yaj] m. great extent, plenty, abundance (raṃ-√yā, ‘to be richly supplied, become full’), [Subhāṣitāvali]

2) [v.s. ...] great diffuseness (rāt, ‘very fully, in great detail’), [Pañcarātra]

3) [v.s. ...] mf(ā)n. very extensive or large, [Mahābhārata; Kathāsaritsāgara]

4) [v.s. ...] very great or strong or intense, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.

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

Suvistara (सुविस्तर):—[su-vistara] (raṃ) adv. At length.

[Sanskrit to German]

Suvistara 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.

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Partial matches: Cu, Vistara, Shu.

Starts with: Suvistaram.

Full-text: Suvistaram, Sataranem, Savistara, Vistara, Kapila.

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