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Entry संवत्सर

संवत्सरsaṃvatsaraA year; न ह पुरा ततः संवत्सर आस Bṛi. Up.1.2.4.
[संवसन्ति ऋतवोऽत्र संवस्-सरन् Tv.]
1. A year; न ह पुरा ततः संवत्सर आस Bṛi. Up.1.2.4.
2. A year of Vikramāditya's era.
3. Name of Śiva.
4. The first year in the cycle of five years.
Derived forms and compounds
- -करः an epithet of Śiva.
- -निरोधः Imprisonment for a year; वैश्यः सर्वस्वदण्डः स्यात् संवत्सरनिरोधतः Ms. 8.375.
- -भ्रमि Adjective revolving in a year, completing one revolution in a year (said of the sun).
- -मुखी the tenth day in the light half of the month ज्यैष्ठ.
- -रयः a year's course.
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