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Vaitaṃsika (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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vaitaṃsika (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: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vaitaṃsika (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: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) 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: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vaitaṃsika (वैतंसिक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A vender of flesh.

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

Vaitaṃsika (वैतंसिक):—(von vītaṃsa)

1) m. Vogelsteller (Fleischer [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 14.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi.930.] [Halāyudha 2, 440]): imāñchakunakānrājaṃhanti vaitaṃsiko yathā [Mahābhārata 3, 1296.] nikṛtyā vañcanāyogaiścaranvaitaṃsiko yathā [?4,1563. 12,3803. GOVARDHANA, ĀRYĀSAPT. 154,b (nach BENFEY], der hier die gangbare Bed. annimmt). dharma (s. auch bes.) der Tugend nachstellend so v. a. Tugend heuchelnd: vyājairdharmaṃ cariṣyanti dharmavaitaṃsikā narāḥ [Mahābhārata 3, 13022. 12, 346. 5894. 14, 2836.] [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 16, 18. 36.] dyūta wohl zum Spiel verlockend (u. d. W. anders erklärt) [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 90, 28.] —

2) n. hinterlistiges Nachstellen, - Fangen: vyalīkamapi yattatra (yattvatra ed. Bomb.) cittavaitaṃsikaṃ (= cittabandhanaṃ [Nīlakaṇṭha].) tava [Mahābhārata 12, 1183.] — Vgl. dyūta .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

context information

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

Vaitaṃsika (ವೈತಂಸಿಕ):—[noun] a man who sells meat.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

context information

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

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