Samartha: 16 definitions

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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

1) Samartha (啶膏ぎ啶班啶�).鈥擧aving an identical sense; cf 啶啶班啶ぞ啶啶ぞ啶膏ぎ啶班啶ムぞ啶啶ぞ啶 啷� (prop腻bhy腻 samar迟丑腻bhy腻m |) ...啶む 啶氞啶む 啶啶班啶 啶膏ぎ啶班啶ム 啶む啶侧啶ぞ啶班啶ム 啶さ啶む 啷� 啶曕啶� 啶氞ぞ啶ㄠく啷嬥じ啷嵿い啷佮げ啷嵿く啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶むぞ啷� 啶嗋う啶�-啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶｀た啷� (tau cet propau samarthau tuly腻rthau bhavata岣� | kva c腻nayostuly腻rthat腻 | 腻di-karma峁噄 |) Kas. on P. I. 3. 42;

2) Samartha.鈥擬utually connected in meaning in such a way that the meanings are connected together or commixed together; 啶膏ぎ啶班啶ム 啶多啷嵿さ啶� 啷� 啶掂た啶椸啶班す啶掂ぞ啶曕啶ぞ-啶班啶ムぞ啶た啶оぞ啶ㄠ 啶 啶多啷嵿い啶� 啶� 啶膏ぎ啶班啶ム 啶掂啶︵た啶むさ啷嵿く啶� 啷� 啶呧ぅ啶掂ぞ啶膏ぎ啶班啶ムお啶︵ぞ啶多啶班く啶む啶掂ぞ啶む啶膏ぎ啶班啶ム 啷� 啶膏ぎ啶班啶ムぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶う啶距え啶距 啶膏啶う啷嵿ぇ啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶距え啶距 啶膏啶膏啶粪啶熰ぞ啶班啶ムぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶掂た啶оた啶班啶掂啶︵た啶むさ啷嵿く啶� 啷� (samartha岣� 艣akva岣� | vigrahav腻ky腻-r迟丑腻bhidh腻ne ya岣� 艣akta岣� sa samartho veditavya岣� | athav腻 samarthapad腻艣rayatv腻tsamartha岣� | samar迟丑腻n腻峁� pad腻n腻峁� sa峁僢addh腻r迟丑腻n腻峁� sa峁僺峁涐梗峁錼迟丑腻n腻峁� vidhirveditavya岣� |) Kas. on P. II. 1. I; cf. also 啶忇啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啷€啶ぞ啶掂 啶掂啶お啷囙啷嵿し啶� 啶掂ぞ啶膏ぞ啶ぐ啷嵿ぅ啷嵿く啶 (ek腻rth墨bh腻vo vyapek峁Ｄ� v腻 s腻marthyam);啷� (|)

3) Samartha.鈥擟onnected with relationship of senses, as between the activity and the subject,object, instrument etc., or as between the master and the servant or the possessor and the possessed; cf. 啶班ぞ啶溹啶炧 啶啶班啶粪 (r腻j帽a岣� puru峁岣�) or 啶椸啶班ぞ啶 啶椸啷嵿啶むた (gr腻ma峁� gacchati),or 啶膏ぐ啷嵿お啶苦 啶た啶� (sarpi岣� piba), but not 啶膏ぐ啷嵿お啶苦 啶た啶� (sarpi岣� piba) in the sentence 啶むた啶粪啶犩い啷� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿お啶苦 啶た啶� 啶む啶掂ぎ啷佮う啶曕ぎ啷� 啷� (ti峁ａ弓hatu sarpi岣� piba tvamudakam |) ;

4) Samartha.鈥擟apable of expressing the sense e. g. a word with the sandhis well observed; cf. 啶膏ぎ啶班啶ムぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶啶班ぅ啶ぞ啶︵啶掂ぞ啷� 啶膏ぞ啶ぐ啷嵿ぅ啷嵿く啷� 啶ぐ啶苦え啶苦し啷嵿啶苦い啶む啶掂ぎ啷� 啷� 啶曕啶むじ啶ㄠ啶оた啶曕ぞ啶班啶い啷嵿さ啶た啶むた啶ぞ啶掂い啷� 啷� (samar迟丑腻n腻峁� pratham腻dv腻 | s腻marthye parini峁ａ弓hitatvam | k峁泃asandhik腻ryatvamiti y腻vat |) S. K. on IV. I. 82; cf also 啶膏ぎ啶班啶ム 啶啷佮 啶多啷嵿い啶� 啶囙い啶� 啶ぐ啷嵿く啶距く啶距啷� 啶多啷嵿い啶む啶掂 啶� 啶曕ぞ啶班啶啶む啶ぞ啶︵え啶啶啶い啷嵿さ啶 (samartha岣� pa峁璾岣� 艣akta岣� iti pary腻y腻岣 艣aktatva峁� ca k腻ryotp腻danayomyatvam) etc. Balamanorama on the above.

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Vyakarana (啶掂啶ぞ啶曕ぐ啶�, vy腻kara峁嘺) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Samartha (啶膏ぎ啶班啶�) (Cf. Susamartha) refers to 鈥渙ne who is efficient鈥� [=鈥渃ompetent/strong鈥�?], according to the 艢ivapur腻峁嘺 2.3.14 (鈥淭he Birth of T腻raka and Vajr腻峁単a鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, as Vajr腻峁単a said to Brahm腻: 鈥淥 lord, give me a son who will be carrying out what is beneficent to his mother, who will be strong, valorous and efficient [i.e., susamartha鈥�mah腻bala峁� suprat腻pa峁� susamartha峁�], who will be a storehouse of penance鈥�.

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The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur腻峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Samartha (啶膏ぎ啶班啶�) refers to 鈥渆fficient (workmen)鈥�, according to the B峁沨atsa峁僪it腻 (chapter 15) (鈥淥n the 苍补办峁迟谤补蝉鈥斺赌榓蝉迟别谤颈蝉尘蝉鈥欌赌�), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Var腻hamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyoti峁).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淭hose who are born on the lunar day of Uttar腻峁Ｄ遽笉ha will be chief ministers or wrestlers; will keep elephants and horses, will be religious; will be men of principles; soldiers; happy and of bright appearance. Those who are born on the lunar day of 艢rava峁嘺 will be cunning, of active habits, efficient workmen (samartha鈥�ca karmasu samar迟丑腻岣�), bold, virtuous, god-fearing and truthful鈥�.

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Jyotisha (啶溹啶啶むた啶�, 箩测辞迟颈峁 or jyotish) refers to 鈥榓stronomy鈥� or 鈥淰edic astrology鈥� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

samartha (啶膏ぎ啶班啶�).鈥攁 (S) Strong or powerful; able or capable; that has power (in any of its senses). 2 S Coherent, of connected sense. samar迟丑腻c墨峁� p腻岣纺箖 ugha岣峚tat艒峁� durba岣纺迕眂膿 pr腻峁嘺 j腻t腻ta A hungry man may starve whilst the rich man is opening his box.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

samartha (啶膏ぎ啶班啶�).鈥�a Strong; able; coherent.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Samartha (啶膏ぎ啶班啶�).鈥�a.

1) Strong, powerful.

2) Competent, capable of, qualified; 啶啶班い啶苦啷嵿ぐ啶灌じ啶ぐ啷嵿ぅ啷嬥そ啶た (pratigrahasamartho'pi) Manusm峁泃i 4.186; Y.1.213.

3) Fit, suitable, proper; 啶曕た啶� 啶膏ぎ啶班啶ム 啶溹え啶膏啶ぞ啶膏啶� 啶曕た啶� 啶啶班た啶 啶曕た啶� 啶膏啶栢ぞ啶掂す啶 (ki峁� samartha峁� janasy腻sya ki峁� priya峁� ki峁� sukh腻vaham) 搁腻尘.2.57.14; 啶むう啷嵿ぇ啶ㄠ啶班啶椸啶班す啶｀ぎ啷囙さ啶班ぞ啶樴さ啶� 啶啶班い啷嵿く啶う啷嵿く啶� 啶膏ぎ啶班啶ムぎ啷佮い啷嵿い啶班ぎ啷� (taddhanurgraha峁嘺meva r腻ghava岣� pratyapadyata samarthamuttaram) R.11.79.

4) Made fit or proper, prepared.

5) Having the same meaning.

6) Significant.

7) Having proper aim or force, very forcible.

8) Being in apposition.

9) Connected in sense.

-谤迟丑补岣� 1 A significant word (in gram.); 啶呧さ啷嵿く啶 啶膏ぎ啶班啶ム啶� 啶膏す啶膏ぎ啶膏啶い啷� 啶膏啶洁さ啷嵿く啶啶ぞ啶掂 (avyaya峁� samarthena saha samasyate so'vyay墨bh腻va岣�) Sk.

2) The coherence of words together in a significant sentence.

-rtham 1 Ability, competence.

2) Intelligibility.

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

Samartha (啶膏ぎ啶班啶�).鈥攎fn.

(-谤迟丑补岣�-谤迟丑腻-谤迟丑补峁�) 1. Strong, powerful. 2. Connected in sense. 3. Fit, proper, 4. Able, adequate to, capable. 5. Allowed. m.

(-谤迟丑补岣�) The coherence of words in a significant sentence. E. sam with, arth to ask, aff. ac, or artha meaning, sense.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Samartha (啶膏ぎ啶班啶�).鈥擺sam-artha], I. adj., f. 迟丑腻. 1. Proper, fit, [笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补] 169, 10. 2. Allowed, [惭腻苍补惫补诲丑补谤尘补艣腻蝉迟谤补] 4, 186. 3. Made proper, prepared, [笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补] 121, 24. 4. Able, [贬颈迟辞辫补诲别艣补] 31, 3, M. M.; adequate to. 5. Strong, powerful, [笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补] iii. [distich] 54. 6. Connected in sense. Ii. m. The construction of words.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Samartha (啶膏ぎ啶班啶�).鈥擺adjective] corresponding, suitable, fit for ([genetive] or 鈥斅�); a match for ([genetive]); able to, capable of (infin., [locative], [dative], or 鈥斅�); having the same sense or meaning ([grammar]).

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

1) Sam腻rtha (啶膏ぎ啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ):鈥擺from sama] [wrong reading] for 艣补尘, [Mah腻bh腻rata]

2) Samartha (啶膏ぎ啶班啶�):鈥擺=sam-artha] [from sam-arth] mf(腻)n. having a similar or suitable aim or object, having proper aim or force, very forcible or adequate, well answering or corresponding to, suitable or fit for ([genitive case] or [compound]), [Mah腻bh腻rata; K腻vya literature] etc.

3) [v.s. ...] very strong or powerful, competent, capable of, able to, a match for ([genitive case] [dative case] [locative case] [infinitive mood], or [compound]; rarely [accusative] [ablative], or [present participle]; with var腻峁単an腻su = 鈥榮exually potent鈥�), [Manu-sm峁泃i; Mah腻bh腻rata] etc.

4) [v.s. ...] having the same sense or meaning (= tuly腻rtha, ek腻rtha), [P腻峁噄ni 1-3, 42 etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] connected in sense, having the same grammatical construction (= sambaddh腻rtha), [P腻峁噄ni; Atharvaveda-pr腻ti艣腻khya] etc.

6) [v.s. ...] m. a word which has force or meaning, significant word, [Monier-Williams鈥� Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

7) [v.s. ...] the construction or coherence of words in a significant sentence, [ib.]

8) [v.s. ...] n. ability, competence (See -yukta)

9) [v.s. ...] conception, intelligibility (See duh-s)

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Samartha (啶膏ぎ啶班啶�):鈥擺(rtha岣�-r迟丑腻-rtha峁�) a.] Strong, powerful, fit, able; connected in sense. m. Construction of words.

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

Samartha (啶膏ぎ啶班啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: 厂补尘补峁弓丑补, Samattha.

[Sanskrit to German]

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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.

Hindi dictionary

: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Samartha (啶膏ぎ啶班啶�) [Also spelled samarth]:鈥�(a) capable, competent; ~[t腻] capability, competence.

2) Sam腻rtha (啶膏ぎ啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ):鈥�(a) synonymous; ~[ka] a synonym; synonymous.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Samartha (嗖膏伯嗖班硩嗖�):鈥�

1) [adjective] having great muscular power; strong.

2) [adjective] able; competent; capable of.

3) [adjective] having the same meaning; synonymous.

4) [adjective] marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness; suitable; proper.

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Samartha (嗖膏伯嗖班硩嗖�):鈥�

1) [noun] a physically strong man.

2) [noun] an able, competent man.

3) [noun] a man of resources; a rich man.

4) [noun] that which is strong and robust.

5) [noun] (gram.) a word, termination having the same meaning or serving the same purpose as another.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Samartha (啶膏ぎ啶班啶�):鈥攁dj. powerful; capable; able;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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