Savistara, Savishtara: 11 definitions
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In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (yoga)Savistara (सविस्तर) (Cf. Vistara) refers to “at full length”, according to Śivānandasarasvatī’s Yogacintāmaṇi, a 17th-century text on Haṭhayoga by consisting of 3423 verses.—Accordingly, “Meditation along with the practices [ancillary to it] have been explained briefly by me according to scripture and my understanding. Listening to and contemplating [the teachings] which are seen in detail and at length (savistara) only in the Upaniṣads, have not been discussed for fear of prolixity. [...]”.
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchSavistara (सविस्तर) refers to “extensive (yoga)”, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Vāmadeva says to Īśvara: “O Lord, chief god of gods, [you] who are beautiful because of [your] supreme bliss, I have obtained the extensive (savistara) preliminary Yoga by your favour. Tell [me] about that other [yoga] which was mentioned by your lordship”.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarysavistara (सविस्तर).—a (S) Detailed, circumstantial, having particularity and fullness. 2 as ad Circumstantially, minutely, in detail.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishsavistara (सविस्तर).—a Detailed. ad In detail.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySavistara (सविस्तर).—a. Detailed, minute, complete.
-ram ind. In detail, in etenso.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySavistara (सविस्तर).—adj. with (its) detail, complete, [Pañcatantra] 114, 20. Su-vistara + m, adv. at large, [Hitopadeśa] 73, 15.
Savistara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sa and vistara (विस्तर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySavistara (सविस्तर).—[adjective] diffuse, detailed; [neuter] [adverb]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Saviṣṭara (सविष्टर):—[=sa-viṣṭara] [from sa > sa-vaṃśā] mfn. having a bundle of rushes or grass spread out for sitting upon, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]
2) Savistara (सविस्तर):—[=sa-vistara] [from sa > sa-vaṃśā] mf(ā)n. having diffuseness, diffuse, detained, complete (am ind.), [Pañcatantra; Kathāsaritsāgara]
3) [v.s. ...] with the texts belonging to it (id est. to the Veda), [Harivaṃśa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionarySavistara (सविस्तर):—(a) detailed, elaborate; also [savistāra].
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusSavistara (ಸವಿಸ್ತರ):—
1) [noun] the quality of being relatively wider or broader.
2) [noun] the quality of being exhaustive, leaving nothing out.
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Savistāra (ಸವಿಸ್ತಾರ):—
1) [adjective] of great extent, range; wide.
2) [adjective] dealing with all or many of the relevant details; including much; inclusive; comprehensive.
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Savistāra (ಸವಿಸ್ತಾರ):—[noun] = ಸವಿಸ್ತರ [savistara].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionarySavistāra (सविस्तार):—adv. with all details; minutely; completely; extensively; adj. detailed; extensive; complete;
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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Partial matches: Vistara, Ca, Sha.
Starts with: Savistara-vyakhya, Savistaram.
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