Punarvatsa, Punar-vatsa: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPunarvatsa (पुनर्वत्स).—a weaned calf that begins to suck again.
Derivable forms: punarvatsaḥ (पुनर्वत्सः).
Punarvatsa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms punar and vatsa (वत्स).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Punarvatsa (पुनर्वत्स):—[=punar-vatsa] [from punar] m. a weaned calf that begins to suck ag°, [Lāṭyāyana]
2) [v.s. ...] (with kāṇva) Name of the author of [Ṛg-veda viii, 7; Anukramaṇikā]
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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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