Tandavita, Tāṇḍavita: 7 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tāṇḍavita (ताण्डवित).—a.

1) Dancing, made to dance; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 2.

2) Moving round in a wild dance; Uttararāmacarita 5.36.

3) Fluttering; P. R.1.34.

4) Frowning.

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

Tāṇḍavita (ताण्डवित).—i. e. tāṇḍava + ita, adj. Dancing, fluttering, [Prabodhacandrodaya, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 21, 10; frowning, 85, 15.

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

Tāṇḍavita (ताण्डवित).—[adjective] dancing, hopping (cf. [preceding]).

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

Tāṇḍavita (ताण्डवित):—[from tāṇḍa] mfn. ‘moving round in a wild dance’, fluttering, [Prabodha-candrodaya ii, 5/6; v, 5/6; Prasannarāghava i, 3/4.]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Tāṇḍavita (ताण्डवित) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Taṃḍaviya.

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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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