Vidhyanta, Vidhi-anta: 2 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVidhyanta (विध्यन्त).—The end or the concluding portion of an injunctive text, all the other portion of the प्रयोगविधि (prayogavidhi) (pertaining to an act) except the प्रधान (pradhāna) or मुख्य विधि (mukhya vidhi) which is called विध्यादि (vidhyādi); विध्यन्तो वा प्रकृतिवत्° (vidhyanto vā prakṛtivat°) MS.7.4.1; सोमेन यजेत इति विध्यादिः । सौमिकमपि ब्राह्मणं विध्यन्तः (somena yajeta iti vidhyādiḥ | saumikamapi brāhmaṇaṃ vidhyantaḥ) ŚB. ibid. Also see विध्यादि (vidhyādi).
Derivable forms: vidhyantaḥ (विध्यन्तः).
Vidhyanta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vidhi and anta (अन्त).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vidhyanta (विध्यन्त):—[=vidhy-anta] [from vidhy > vi-dhā] a m. a concluding act, [Nyāyamālā-vistara; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]
2) [=vidhy-anta] b etc. See p. 968, col. 2.
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: Vidhy, Vidhi, Anta.
Starts with: Vidhyantatva.
Full-text: Vidhyantatva.
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