Vandigraha, Vandigrāha, Vamdigraha: 4 definitions
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Vandigraha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVandigrāha (वन्दिग्राह).—m.
(-haḥ) A house-breaker, especially one who breaks into the place in which the sacred fire is preserved, into an armoury, or a temple. E. vandi captive, (what is confined or shut up,) grāha who seizes; also vandicaura &c.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVandigrāha (वन्दिग्राह).—m. a housebreaker.
Vandigrāha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vandi and grāha (ग्राह).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVandigrāha (वन्दिग्राह):—[vandi-grāha] (haḥ) 1. m. A house-breaker; a sacrilegious one.
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 corpusVaṃdigraha (ವಂದಿಗ್ರಹ):—[noun] the act of imprisoning or fact of being imprisoned; imprisonment.
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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