Vitabhi, Viṭabhī: 6 definitions
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Vitabhi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. 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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Pali-English dictionary
Viṭabhī, (f.) (=Sk. viṭapin) the fork of a tree M. I, 306; J. II, 107; III, 203. (Page 620)
viṭabhī (ဝိဋဘီ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[viṭa+apa+ī．ṭī．547．sūci．499-nhā．vaṭa+a+ī．pā,yo．321．viṭa- saṃ．viḍavi- prā．viṭapī- ．]
[ဝိဋ+အပ+ဤ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၅၄၇။ သူစိ။ ၄၉၉-နှာ။ ဝဋ+အ+ဤ။ ပါစိတ်၊ယော။ ၃၂၁။ ဝိဋပိန်- သံ။ ဝိဍဝိ- ပြာ။ ဝိဋပီ- ကြည့်။]
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Vītabhī (वीतभी).—[adjective] fearless.
Vītabhī (वीतभी):—[=vīta-bhī] [from vīta > vī] mfn. free from fear, intrepid, [Manu-smṛti vii, 64.]
Vītabhī (वीतभी):—[vīta-bhī] (bhīḥ-bhi) a. Idem.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Vitabhimatta, Vitabhiti.
Full-text: Vitabhimatta, Rukkhavitabhi, Vitabhiti, Sangama, Vidha.
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