Vakragamin, Vakragāmin, Vakra-gamin: 5 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vakragāmin (वक्रगामिन्).—a.

1) winding, meandering.

2) fraudulent, dishonest.

-tiḥ f.) a crooked or tortuous motion, winding gait.

Vakragāmin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vakra and gāmin (गामिन्). See also (synonyms): vakragati.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vakragāmin (वक्रगामिन्).—mfn. (-mī-miṇī-mi) 1. Who or what goes tortuously. 2. Fraudulent, dishonest. E. vakra and gāmin who goes.

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

Vakragāmin (वक्रगामिन्):—[=vakra-gāmin] [from vakra > vaṅk] m. going crookedly, fraudulent, dishonest, [Harivaṃśa]

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

Vakragāmin (वक्रगामिन्):—[vakra-gāmin] (mī-minī-mi) a. Going. crookedly; dishonest.

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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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