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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Varṇadhātu (वर्णधातु).—f. (= Pali vaṇṇa-dh°, which is said in Pv. commentary 137.2 to be meant by the word rūpa in Pv. ii.9.59, while vaṇṇa in 60 is distinguished from this and glossed saṃṭhāna; I understand dhātu in meaning 3, q.v., and varṇa-dh° substantially = rūpa-dh°; Pv. commentary 14.26 glosses vaṇṇa-dh° by chavi-vaṇṇaṃ; the [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary] definition is confused and obscure), (bodily) element of beauty (of external appearance): kā varṇadhātū (so m.c., mss. °tu) iha strīya vidyati Mahāvastu ii.60.3 (verse), so read with mss. (except °tū; Senart misunderstands), what beauty-element of (? in) a woman is seen here (in you)!

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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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Partial matches: Dhatu, Varna.

Ends with: Svarnadhatu.

Full-text: Dhatu.

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