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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Vahitra.—(IE 8-5, 8-8; EI 30), boat or any large carrier like a cart; see vāhana. Cf. sārtha-vahitreṣu praveśe nirgame ca pratyekaṃ rūpakaḥ devasya yātr-otsave dātavyaḥ (Ep. Ind., Vol. XXV, p. 232). (IE 8-8), cf. bhāṇḍa-bhṛta-vahitra, ‘a wagon full of pots or jars’. Note: vahitra is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vahitra (वहित्र).—[vah-itra Uṇādi-sūtra 4.181]

1) A raft, float, boat, vessel; प्रत्यूषस्यदृश्यत किमपि वहित्रम् (pratyūṣasyadṛśyata kimapi vahitram) Dk.; प्रलयपयोधिजले धृतवानसि वेदं विहितवहित्रचरित्रंमखेदम् (pralayapayodhijale dhṛtavānasi vedaṃ vihitavahitracaritraṃmakhedam) Gītagovinda 1.

2) A square chariot with a pole.

Derivable forms: vahitram (वहित्रम्).

See also (synonyms): vāhitraka, vahinī.

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

Vahitra (वहित्र).—n.

(-traṃ) A raft, a float, a boat, a vessel. E. vah to bear, Unadi aff. itra; also with kan added, vahitraka n. (-kaṃ) .

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

Vahitra (वहित्र).—[vah + itra], n. A boat, a vessel.

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

Vahitra (वहित्र).—[neuter] ship; bhaṅga [masculine] shipwreck.

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

1) Vahitra (वहित्र):—[from vah] n. ‘instrument of conveying’, a boat, vessel, [Gīta-govinda] (also traka, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.])

2) [v.s. ...] a square chariot with a pole, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Vahitra (वहित्र):—(traṃ) 1. n. A raft, a boat.

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

Vahitra (वहित्र) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vohitta.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vahitra 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vahitra (ವಹಿತ್ರ):—[noun] a small, open vessel or watercraft propelled by oars; a boat.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Vahitrabhanga, Vahitraka, Vahitrakarna.

Ends with: Bhanda-bhrita-vahitra, Samvahitra, Sartha-vahitra.

Full-text: Vahitraka, Bohittha, Vahitrabhanga, Vahitrakarna, Vohitta, Sartha-vahitra, Bhanda-bhrita-vahitra, Bhaitra, Maranalasa, Vahana, Vahini, Bharaka, Bhrita, Vahati.

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