Gauna, Gauṇa: 16 definitions

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Gauna means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Gauna has 15 English definitions available.

Alternative spellings of this word include Gown.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Gauṇa (गौण):—(von guṇa) adj. f. ī untergeordnet, secundär, uneigentlich: tadā gauṇamanantasya nāmānanteti viśrutam [Mahābhārata 12, 6798.] bahūni mama nāmāni kīrtitāni maharṣibhiḥ .. gauṇāni tatra nāmāni karmajāni ca kānicit . [13138. fg.] [13, 6948.] paśūnrakṣāmi dṛṣṭvāhaṃ paśūnāṃ ca sakhā sadā . gauṇaṃ (nach einer Eigenthümlichkeit benannt) paśusakhetyevaṃ māṃ viddhi .. spricht Paśusakha, um seinen Namen befragt, [4501.] Im Gegens. zu mukhya [Patañjali ] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 4, 108 und 8, 3, 82.] [Sāhityadarpana 6, 13. 14, 2. 5. 9. 11. 15, 8. Scholiast] zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 1, 1, 11. 6, 16. Scholiast] zu [SĀṂKHYAK. 51 (S. 157).] gauṇyutpattiḥ, aber auch gauṇyutpattismaraṇa(!), gauṇyutpattyaśravaṇa(!) [Scholiast] zu [Kapila 1, 70.] karman das entferntere Object [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 24, 13.] gauṇacāndra im Gegensatz zu mukhyacāndra [Asiatick Researches 3, 258.] subst. (vgl. gauṇya) im Gegens. zu prādhānya [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 7, 1, 21,] [Scholiast]

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Gauṇa (गौण):—[WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 336.] [Jyotiṣa 69. 75.] [Oxforder Handschriften 267,b,22. Z. 3] [Mahābhārata 12,13138. fg.] bedeutet das Wort zu einer Eigenschaft in Beziehung stehend.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Gauṇa (गौण):——

1) Adj. (f. ī) — a) nebensächlich , untergeordnet , secundär , uneigentlich [The Sankhya Philosophy 5,67.] karman n. das entferntere Object. — b) zu einer Eigenschaft in Beziehung stehend.

2) n. Nom.abstr. zu

1) a).

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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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