Gumphana, Gumphanā: 7 definitions
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Gumphana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.
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Alternative spellings of this word include Gunfan.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchGumphana (गुम्फन):—(wie eben) n. das Winden eines Kranzes [Medinīkoṣa ph. 2.]
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Gumphanā (गुम्फना):—f. das Anreihen, unter den śabdālaṃkārāḥ [Oxforder Handschriften 208,a, No. 489.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungGumphana (गुम्फन):——
1) n. — a) *das Winden eines Kranzes. — b) das Aneinanderreihen (von Worten) [Bālarāmāyaṇa 305,21.] —
2) f. ā das Aufreihen. mauktika [Bālarāmāyaṇa 136,11.] Aneinanderreihung (als rhetorische Figur).
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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Ends with: Kavigumphana.
Full-text: Gumphanika, Gunfan, Gumfan, Shayya, Kavi.
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