Vaitamsika, Vaitaṃsika: 7 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVaitaṃsika (वैतंसिक).—
1) A vendor of flesh.
2) A bird-catcher; यथा वैतंसिको युक्तो द्विजानां सदृशस्वनः (yathā vaitaṃsiko yukto dvijānāṃ sadṛśasvanaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.13.1;3.33.33.
-kam The act of ensnaring, binding; व्यलीकमपि यत्त्वत्र चित्तवैतंसिकं तव (vyalīkamapi yattvatra cittavaitaṃsikaṃ tava) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.33.24.
Derivable forms: vaitaṃsikaḥ (वैतंसिकः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaitaṃsika (वैतंसिक).—m.
(-kaḥ) A vendor of the flesh or meat, either of beasts or birds E. vītaṃsa a snare or net, and ṭhak aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaitaṃsika (वैतंसिक).—i. e. vītaṃsa + ika, m. A vendor of the flesh of beasts or birds, Govardhana, Āryā Sapt. 154, b.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vaitaṃsika (वैतंसिक):—m. ([from] vi-taṃsa, or vī-t) a bird-catcher, [Mahābhārata]
2) a butcher, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) n. the act of ensnaring or entrapping, catching insidiously, [Mahābhārata] (cf. dyūta-vait, dharma-vait).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaitaṃsika (वैतंसिक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A vender of flesh.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusVaitaṃsika (ವೈತಂಸಿಕ):—[noun] a man who sells meat.
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: Vaitamsikaya.
Ends with: Dharmavaitamsika, Dyutavaitamsika.
Full-text: Dyutavaitamsika, Dharmavaitamsika, Vaitamsikaya.
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