Upasamkramati, Upasaṃkramati: 1 definition
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryUpasaṃkramati (उपसंक्रमति).—(compare upasaṃkrama, °maṇa; in Sanskrit approaches, and so also [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit], e.g. Mahāvastu iii.94.6; Divyāvadāna 129.10), violently attacks: Mahāvastu ii.174.3 and 4 ātmānam (aham) upasaṃkrameyaṃ, I would do violence to (= kill) myself; 492.4 ātmānam upasaṃkramitukāmaḥ; iii.25.15 ātmānam eva upasaṃkramitukāmo; Śikṣāsamuccaya 355.12.
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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