Samanyavacana, Sāmānyavacana, Samanya-vacana: 3 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSāmānyavacana (सामान्यवचन):—adj.
1) das Gemeinsame ausdrückend so v. a. tertium comparationis [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 1, 55.] —
2) das Allgemeine —, einen weiteren Begriff ausdrückend [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 4, 5] (abhyavahar schliesst pā trinken und khād kauen in sich). [8, 1, 73] (das Substantiv im Gegens. zu seinem Attribut).
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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Partial matches: Vacana, Samanya.
Full-text: Samanya.
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