Yadricchashabda, Yadṛcchāśabda, Yadriccha-shabda: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Yadṛcchāśabda can be transliterated into English as Yadrcchasabda or Yadricchashabda, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Yadrichchhashabda.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryYadṛcchāśabda (यदृच्छाशब्द).—a proper name, a word like डित्थ, यज्ञदत्त (ḍittha, yajñadatta) &c. which denotes neither a genus nor species, nor any quality, action &c.; असंपादयतः कंचिदर्थं जातिक्रियागुणैः । यदृच्छाशब्दवत् पुंसः संज्ञायै जन्म केवलम् (asaṃpādayataḥ kaṃcidarthaṃ jātikriyāguṇaiḥ | yadṛcchāśabdavat puṃsaḥ saṃjñāyai janma kevalam) Śiśupālavadha 2.47.
Derivable forms: yadṛcchāśabdaḥ (यदृच्छाशब्दः).
Yadṛcchāśabda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yadṛcchā and śabda (शब्द).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryYadṛcchaśabda (यदृच्छशब्द):—[=yad-ṛccha-śabda] [from yad-ṛccha > yad] m. ‘chance-word’, a word neither derived from authority nor possessing meaning, [Śiśupāla-vadha]
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: Shabda, Yadriccha.
Full-text: Samjnashabda, Yadriccha.
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