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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryNivastra (निवस्त्र).—nt. (see prec.; Senart, ii note 515, regards the form as false Sanskritization for Pali nivattha, but compare Sanskrit vastra): kāścit sunivastrāṇy (so some mss., others °vastāny, Lefm. em. °vastā) api durnivastrāṃ (so best mss., v.l. °vastām; Lefm. em. °vastāḥ) kurvanti sma Lalitavistara [Page306-a+ 71] 320.18—19, some (daughters of Māra) made even fair gar- ments appear poor garments; āhata-vastra-nivastro Mahāvastu ii.95.19, having freshly washed garments as clothing; in cpds. Mahāvastu iii.6.2 (sunivastrā); 167.17; 267.11, mss. all °stra, as [bahuvrīhi], and so sometimes as v.l. for °sta, where either can be interpreted.
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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