Vatsadanta, Vatsa-danta: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vatsadanta (वत्सदन्त).—a kind of arrow.

Derivable forms: vatsadantaḥ (वत्सदन्तः).

Vatsadanta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vatsa and danta (दन्त).

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

Vatsadanta (वत्सदन्त).—[masculine] a kind of arrow (lit. calf-tooth).

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

1) Vatsadanta (वत्सदन्त):—[=vatsa-danta] [from vatsa] m. ‘calf-toothed’, a kind of arrow (having a point like a calf’s tooth), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] (also taka)

2) [v.s. ...] Name of a mythical person, [Vīracarita]

3) [v.s. ...] n. an arrow point like a calf’s tooth, [Śārṅgadhara-paddhati]

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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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