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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Tāvant (तावन्त्).—i. e. tad + vant, I. adj., correl. of yāvant, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 155; of yathā, [Nala] 20, 24. 1. So much, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 249. 2. So long, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 1, 72. 3. Just so many, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 1, 64. 4. So manifold, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 12, 45 (v. r.). 5. Compounded with numerals, As much, e. g. dvis-, Twice as much, Mahābhārata 4, 289. Ii. ºvat, acc. ntr., adv. A. combined with a correlative, 1. So much, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 53, 21. 2. So long, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 235; combined with yāvat na, As long as not, Till, [Hitopadeśa] pr. 39; sometimes also without na, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 27. 3. In that time, then, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 5, 11. B. Without a correlative, 1. Meanwhile, Mahābhārata 13, 2727. 2. For a while, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 174. 3. At first, [Hitopadeśa] 45, 1. 4. Just, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 188, 22. 5. With mā, Not for heaven’s sake, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 66, 22. 6. With na, Not yet, Mahābhārata 1, 1273; not at all, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 5, 4. 7. Indeed, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 49, 2. 8. Even, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 49, 27. 9. Only [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 53.

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

Tāvant (तावन्त्).—[adjective] so great, so much (many), so long, so far ([correlative] [with] yāvant q.v.). [neuter] tāvat [adverb] so much, so long, so far; for a while, in the mean time (also [instrumental] or [locative]); first, at once, just, now ([especially] [with] imperat. or 1. [person or personal] [present] or [future]); indeed, of course, it is true, one must admit. Often only emphasizing (±eva).

— na tāvat not yet, not at all, mā tāvat by no means! tāvat-yāvat (±na) as long or as far—as. yāvadyāvat

— tāvattāvat gradually as

— (so). tāvat

— ca no sooner-than.

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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: Tavancchata, Tavannmatra, Tavanta, Tavantai, Tavantaippatu, Tavantaivanku, Tavantaiyati, Tavantakam, Tavantaram, Tavante, Tavantkala, Tavantu.

Ends with (+90): Abhisamitavant, Abhuktavant, Abratavant, Adhigatavant, Adyantavant, Anagatavant, Anantavant, Antavant, Aparyaptavant, Ashitavant, Assutavant, Avasevitavant, Avratavant, Bhattavant, Bhratrisamghatavant, Bhuktavant, Bhutavant, Bhuttavant, Canasitavant, Caritavant.

Full-text: Tavaddha, Yavant, Dvistavant, Tavaddvayasa, Tavantkala, Tavatika, Tristava, Tavatkalam, Dvistava, Tavannmatra, Tavacchas, Tavancchata, Nishtha, Tavatitha, Kritvas, Tavatkritvas, Tavanmatra, Caturanga.

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