The Sanskrit term Vaiśvāmitra can be transliterated into English as Vaisvamitra or Vaishvamitra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Vaiśvāmitra (वैश्वामित्र).—[feminine] ī relating to or descended from Viśvāmitra.

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

1) Vaiśvāmitra (वैश्वामित्र):—[from vaiśva] mf(ī)n. relating or belonging to Viśvāmitra

2) [v.s. ...] m. [patronymic] of various Vedic Ṛṣis (as of Aṣṭaka, Ṛṣabha etc.), [Brāhmaṇa; ???; Bhāgavata-purāṇa] (also [plural])

3) [from vaiśva] n. Name of various Sāmans, [Ārṣeya-brāhmaṇa]

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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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Ends with: Mahavaishvamitra.

Full-text: Mahavaishvamitra, Vaishvamitri, Vaishvamitrika, Udala, Rishyan, Kapileya, Babhrava, Prajapati, Renu, Nakula, Vishvamitra, Purana, Kata.

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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)

Rig Veda 1.1.8 < [Sukta 1]

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Brahma Sutras (Nimbarka commentary) (by Roma Bose)

Brahma-Sūtra 1.3.29 < [Adhikaraṇa 7 - Sūtras 26-30]

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