Vairamanya, Vairamaṇya: 2 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryVairamaṇya (वैरमण्य).—(nt.) = prec. two: prāṇātipāta-°ṇyaṃ-(all mss.; must be part of [compound]; § 8.14) -parasattva-samādā- yana-(q.v.)-tvād Lalitavistara 429.8, because he incites other creatures to abstention from taking life; prāṇātipāta-°ṇya-(text as above)-guṇavarṇasaṃprakāśanatvād 9; adattādāna-°ṇyār- thaṃ Avadāna-śataka i.223.12. All prose.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVairamaṇya (वैरमण्य):—[from vairamaṇa] n. (ifc.) the abstaining or desisting from, [Lalita-vistara] ([wrong reading] vairam manya).
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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