Svadana, Svādana, Svādāna, Su-adana: 10 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSvadana (स्वदन):—(von 1. svad) n. das Kosten, Geniessen [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 423.] [Halāyudha 2, 170.] fehlerhaft für svedana [Oxforder Handschriften 320,a,8.]
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Svādana (स्वादन):—(wie eben)
1) adj. derjenige, welcher schmackhaft zubereitet, Koch u. dgl. [Ṛgveda 5, 7, 6.] liesse sich auch als n. fassen. —
2) das Schmecken so v. a. das Empfinden eines Kunstwerks [Sāhityadarpana 24, 11. fg.]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Sv, Dana, Shva, Adana, Cu, Shu, Atana, Tana.
Starts with: Svadanaparidhi.
Ends with: Asvadana, Hiranyashvadana, Sasvadana.
Full-text: Asvadana, Saijjanaya, Saijjana, Sarvasvatanam, Paradhanasvadanasukha, Shvada, Svedana, Adana.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 5.7.6 < [Sukta 7]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
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Nitiprakasika (Critical Analysis) (by S. Anusha)
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