The Sanskrit term Viśvavid can be transliterated into English as Visvavid or Vishvavid, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Viśvavid (विश्वविद्).—1. [adjective] all-knowing, omniscient.

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Viśvavid (विश्वविद्).—2. [adjective] all-possessing.

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

1) Viśvavid (विश्वविद्):—[=viśva-vid] [from viśva] 1. viśva-vid mfn. knowing everything, omniscient, [Ṛg-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] 2. viśva-vid mfn. all-possessing, [Ṛg-veda]

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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: Vid, Vishva.

Starts with: Vishvavidhayin, Vishvavidvams, Vishvavidvas, Vishvavidya, Vishvavidyalaya, Vishvavidyalaya-sabha, Vishvavidyalaya-seva-ayoga, Vishvavidyalayiya, Vishvavidyanilaya, Vishvavidyavida, Vishvavidyavide, Vishvavidyeshvara, .

Full-text: Vishvavedas, Vishvakrit, Vishvakarma.

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