Vyasasamasa, Vyāsasamāsa, Vyasa-samasa: 2 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vyāsasamāsa (व्याससमास).—(dual) details and the aggregate; आयव्ययौ च व्याससमासाभ्यामाचक्षीत (āyavyayau ca vyāsasamāsābhyāmācakṣīta) Kau. A.2.9.

Vyāsasamāsa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vyāsa and samāsa (समास).

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

Vyāsasamāsa (व्याससमास):—[=vy-āsa-samāsa] [from vy-āsa > vy-as] m. [dual number] diffuseness and conciseness ([instrumental case] or -tas ind. ‘in a diffuse and concise manner’)

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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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