Savarna, Savarṇā, Sāvarṇa, Shavarna: 17 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSavarṇa (सवर्ण):—
1) adj. (f. ā) = samānavarṇa [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 3, 85.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 6, 98.] a) gleichfarbig, gleichartig [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1461.] kṛ.vī savarṇāmadadu.vivasvate [Ṛgveda 10, 17, 2.] [Yāska’s Nirukta 12, 10.] vielleicht ist [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19, 26, 2] savarṇaṃ st. su.arṇaṃ zu lesen. āmrapattra gleichfarbig mit [Mahābhārata 2, 1881.] indrāyudha [7, 995. fg. 13, 3770. fg.] [Harivaṃśa 13625.] [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 37, 21. fg.] [Meghadūta 18.] [Raghuvaṃśa 9, 51.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 10, 20. fg. 30, 13. 47, 9. 79, 35.] gleichartig [Mahābhārata 2, 865.] von gleichem Aussehen mit (gen.) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 3, 3.] — b) von gleicher Kaste [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 18, 6, 27.] [Pravarādhyāya] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 61, 6 v. u.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 132. 210. 3, 4. 12. 43. 5, 167. 7, 77. 9, 157. 10, 20.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 55. 62. 2, 122.] [Mahābhārata 1, 3870.] [Śākuntala 11, 10.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 52, 134.] savarṇāpāṇisaṃgraha [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 113,34.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa.5,26,26.] [Oxforder Handschriften 269,a,5. 282,a,34.] — c) homogen (von Lauten): samānasthānakaraṇāsyaprayatnaḥ savarṇaḥ [Prātiśākhya zur Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 1, 43.] tulyāsyaprayatnaṃ savarṇam [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 1, 9.] [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 1, 13. 6, 12.] [Prātiśākhya zur Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 1, 72. 4, 50. 108.] [Prātiśākha zum Atharvaveda 3, 42.] Comm. zu [1, 27. 4, 56. 84.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā Prātiśākhya 1, 3. 5, 28. 10, 2. 14, 23. 21, 7] (a). [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 1, 69. 6, 1, 101.] mithaḥ [Scholiast] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 1, 9.] parasparam [Kāśikīvṛtti] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 1, 10.] pratyaya [Prātiśākhya zur Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 3, 8.] para [WEBER,] [PRATIJÑĀS. 90.] pūrva [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 1, 102.] [Kāśikīvṛtti] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 1, 50.] —
2) f. ā Nomen proprium a) der Gattin des Sonnengottes (vgl. die Stelle aus [Ṛgveda] unter
1) a) [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) einer Tochter des Meergottes und Gattin des Prācīnabarhis [Harivaṃśa 86. fg.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 107.] — Vgl. para und sāvarṇya .
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Sāvarṇa (सावर्ण):—(von savarṇa)
1) m. Nomen proprium eines Ṛṣi [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā LVI, 10.] [Mahābhārata 2, 110] (= sāvarṇi [293]). Beiname eines Manu [13, 1339.] [Harivaṃśa 464. 467.] pūrvajasya manorbhrātuḥ (so die neuere Ausg.) sadṛśo yamiti prabhuḥ . manurevābhavannāmnā sāvarṇa iti cocyate [563. 605. 610.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 94, 4. 108, 24.] sāvarṇā (vgl. meru) manavaḥ [Harivaṃśa] lith Ausg. [7, 43.] —
2) Bez. der auf Sāvarṇi zurückgehenden Saṃhitā (vgl. sāvarṇikā): vālakhilyāḥ sasāvarṇāḥ [Oxforder Handschriften 56,a,9.] — Vgl. brahma, meru .
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: Sha, Varna, Ca.
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Ends with (+4): Amshasavarna, Asavarna, Brahmasavarna, Dakshasavarna, Dasavarna, Ghoshavarna, Kalasavarna, Keshavarna, Mashavarna, Merusavarna, Nrishamsavarna, Parasavarna, Paravatasavarna, Piyushavarna, Prakashavarna, Raktasavarna, Rikshavarna, Ritusavarna, Rukshavarna, Sasavarna.
Full-text (+147): Savarnya, Savarni, Savarnalakshya, Asavarna, Parasavarna, Savarnam, Savarnatva, Savarṇika, Savarnabha, Kshemadhanvan, Avariyams, Amitraha, Merusavarna, Savarnavarna, Savarnasvara, Tulya, Merusavarnata, Parasasthana, Savarna-vritti, Savarnan.
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Gautama Dharmasūtra (by Gautama)
Kautilya Arthashastra (by R. Shamasastry)
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The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
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Chapter 37 - Cākṣuṣa Manvantara and dynasty of Vaivasvata Manu < [Section 2 - Anuṣaṅga-pāda]
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The Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)
Canto LIII - The Story of the Svāyambhuva Manvantara
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
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