संवर

{ saṃvarḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

सं-वर    a &c. See सं- √ 1. 2, वृ.

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सं वर

सं-वर  mfn.  1. mfn. keeping back, stopping (in काल-स्°, applied to विष्णु), [Pañcar.]

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सं वर

सं-वर  m.  m. (often written and confounded with शम्बर) a dam, mound, bridge, [Bhaṭṭ.]

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provisions, [Divyâv.]
shutting out the external world (with जैनs one of the 7 or 9 तत्त्वs), [Sarvad.]
N. of two अर्हत्s, [L.]
सं-वर  n.  n. (with Buddhists) restraint, forbearance (or ‘a partic. religious observance’), [Kāraṇḍ.]

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सं-वर  m.  2. m. choosing, election, choice (of v.l. for स्वयं-वर), [MBh. vii, 6033.]

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The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

संवरः [saṃvarḥ]   1 Covering.
Comprehension.
Compression, contraction.
A dam, bridge, causeway.
A kind of deer.
 N. N. of a demon; see शंबर.
(With Jainas) Shutting out the external world.
Provision; Buddh.
रम् Concealment.
Forbearance, self-control.
Water.
A particular religious observance (practised by Buddhists).

Shabda-Sagara

संवर  n.  ( -रं)
1. Water.
2. Self-control.
3. Concealment.
4. A particular religious observance with Buddhists.
 m.  ( -रः)
1. The name of a demon.
2. Collection, comprehension.
3. Contraction, compression. [Page744-b+ 60] 4. A mound a bridge, &c.
5. Concealing.
6. A kind of deer.
E. सम् before वृ to choose, aff. अप्; more usually derived from शम्ब् or षम्ब् to collect, and then written शम्बर or षम्बर q. v.

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सम् वृ अप्; शम्ब् षम्ब् शम्बर षम्बर