Shadja, Ṣaḍja, Ṣaḍjā: 15 definitions
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Shadja has 14 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Ṣaḍja and Ṣaḍjā can be transliterated into English as Sadja or Shadja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchṢaḍja (षड्ज):—m.
1) die 1te Note der Tonleiter (aus den sechs übrigen Tönen geboren, auf ihnen beruhend) [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 7, 1.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1401] (vgl. Comm.). [Halāyudha 5, 77.] [Mahābhārata 12, 6859. 14, 1419.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 67. 4, 351. 8, 259. 266. fg. 10, 421. fg.] saṃvādinīḥ kekā dvidhā bhinnāḥ [Raghuvaṃśa.1,39.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 86,40.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 383.] [Oxforder Handschriften 200,b,7.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 106,58.] [Sânkhya Philosophy 11]; vgl. die Anm. des Uebersetzers. —
2) Name des 16ten Kalpa [Oxforder Handschriften 52,a,1.]
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: Ja, Shash, Sat.
Starts with: Shadjaal, Shadjagita, Shadjagrama, Shadjakaishiki, Shadjamadhya, Shadjamadhyama, Shadjamareshvara, Shadjana, Shadjasvara, Shadjodichyavati, Shadjodicyavati, Shatjakramam, Shatjam.
Ends with: Adharashadja, Bhinnashadja, Cyutashadja, Purnashadja, Shuddhashadja, Tarashadja.
Full-text (+93): Svara, Shuddhashadja, Shadjamadhya, Grama, Sajja, Saptasvara, Shadjagrama, Shadjamareshvara, Murchana, Shatjam, Shadga, Shabdavishesha, Tana, Shadjakaishiki, Svayambhusvara, Shadjodicyavati, Shadjasvara, Shatjakramam, Shatsvara, Shadji.
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Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
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Chapter XXX - On Hollow Instruments (suṣira)
Chapter XXVIII - On the Instrumental Music (ātodya)
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Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) (by Bhagyashree Sarma)
3. Vocal Music (Gīta) < [Chapter 2 - Music]
3. The Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa and Modern Music < [Chapter 6 - Modern Relevance of Different Art Forms and Architecture]
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 1.119 < [Book 1 - Brahma-kāṇḍa (or Āgama-samuccaya)]
Verse 1.35 < [Book 1 - Brahma-kāṇḍa (or Āgama-samuccaya)]
The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 61 - A dissertation on Music < [Section 3 - Upodghāta-pāda]
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