Atishakti, Atiśakti: 7 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Atiśakti can be transliterated into English as Atisakti or Atishakti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Atiśakti (अतिशक्ति).—over-work, द्रव्याणामतिशक्त्याऽपि देयमेषां कृतादपि (dravyāṇāmatiśaktyā'pi deyameṣāṃ kṛtādapi) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.234.14.

Derivable forms: atiśaktiḥ (अतिशक्तिः).

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Atisakti (अतिसक्ति).—f. Close contact or proximity; great attachment; अतिसक्तिमेत्य वरुणस्य दिशा (atisaktimetya varuṇasya diśā) Śiśupālavadha 9.7.

Derivable forms: atisaktiḥ (अतिसक्तिः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Atiśakti (अतिशक्ति).—f.

(-ktiḥ) Great power. E. ati, and śakti power.

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

Atisakti (अतिसक्ति).—f. closest union, [Śiśupālavadha] 9, 7.

Atisakti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ati and sakti (सक्ति).

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

1) Atiśakti (अतिशक्ति):—[=ati-śakti] [from ati] mfn. very powerful

2) [v.s. ...] f. great power or valour.

3) Atisakti (अतिसक्ति):—[=ati-sakti] [from ati] f. excessive attachment.

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

Atiśakti (अतिशक्ति):—[tatpurusha compound] f.

(-ktiḥ) Great power. E. ati and śakti.

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Atisakti (अतिसक्ति):—[tatpurusha compound] f.

(-ktiḥ) Too great attachment. E. ati and sakti.

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Atishakti in German

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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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