Vajinivat, Vājinīvat, Vajini-vat: 1 definition

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[«previous next»] — Vajinivat in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Vājinīvat (वाजिनीवत्):—[=vājinī-vat] [from vājinī > vāja] mfn. (vājinī-) possessing or driving swift mares, rich in horses (applied to various gods, and to the rivers Sindhu and Sarasvatī), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa] ([according to] to others ‘strong’, ‘spirited’, ‘rich in sacrifices’ etc.)

2) [v.s. ...] m. the sun, [Atharva-veda]

3) [v.s. ...] [plural] the steeds of the gods, [ib.]

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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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