Svalakshana, Sva-lakshana, Svālakṣaṇa, Svalakṣaṇa: 7 definitions
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Svalakshana has 6 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Svālakṣaṇa and Svalakṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Svalaksana or Svalakshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSvalakṣaṇa (स्वलक्षण):—adj. seine besondern specifischen Merkmale habend, mit nichts Anderem zu vergleichen, etwas für sich Besonderes [SARVADARŚANAS. 9, 8. 14, 1. fgg.] (2 etena st. naitena zu lesen). — Vgl. svālakṣaṇya .
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Svālakṣaṇa (स्वालक्षण):—(6. su + ā) adj. leicht wahrzunehmen [Mahābhārata 5, 1825.] svīyānāmapi alakṣaṇaṃ nāsti lakṣaṇaṃ samyagavalokanaṃ yasya saḥ . svairapi durdarśa ityarthaḥ [Nīlakaṇṭha]
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: Lakshana, Alakshana, Sv, Shva.
Starts with: Svalakshanamandita, Svalakshanaprakasha, Svalakshanashuchi, Svalakshanashuci, Svalakshanashunyata.
Ends with: Dvitiyasvalakshana, Prathamasvalakshana.
Full-text (+16): Svalakshanya, Svalakshya, Svalakshanaprakasha, Alakshana, Dvitiyasvalakshanatika, Dvitiyasvalakshanarahasya, Dvitiyasvalakshanadidhititika, Dvitiyasvalakshananugama, Dvitiyasvalakshana, Dvitiyasvalakshanaloka, Visamyuta, Yathabhutajnana, Svalakshanashuci, Shunyata, Arthapratisamvid, Sadharana, Sadharanalakshana, Samanyalakshana, Samanya, Svalakshanashunyata.
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A comparative study between Buddhism and Nyaya (by Roberta Pamio)
6.1. Object of Perception < [Chapter 3 - The Buddhist Theory of Perception]
5.3. Dharmakīrti’s Definition of Perception < [Chapter 3 - The Buddhist Theory of Perception]
2. Comparative study on Perception < [Chapter 5 - Perception: A Comparative Study]
Nirvikalpaka Pratyaksha (study) (by Sujit Roy)
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 2 - The philosophical situation (a review) < [Chapter X - The Śaṅkara School Of Vedānta]
Part 5 - Indeterminate and determinate perception < [Chapter IX - Mīmāṃsā Philosophy]
Part 14 - Sautrāntika Theory of Perception < [Chapter V - Buddhist Philosophy]
The validity of Anumana (inference) in Nyaya system (by Babu C. D)
The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 1053-1054 < [Chapter 16 - Examination of the Import of Words]
Verse 872 < [Chapter 16 - Examination of the Import of Words]
Verse 871 < [Chapter 16 - Examination of the Import of Words]
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 1.57 < [Book 1 - Brahma-kāṇḍa (or Āgama-samuccaya)]
Verse 3.1.100-101 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (1): Jāti-samuddeśa (On the Universal)]
Verse 2.87-88 < [Book 2 - Vākya-kāṇḍa]