Varṇya, Varnya: 8 definitions
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Varṇya has 8 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Varny.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVarṇya (वर्ण्य):—1. (von varṇa)
1) adj. der Farbe zuträglich, Farbe verleihend [Suśruta 1, 155, 10. 184, 16. 190, 12. 2, 352, 16.] —
2) n. = varṇa Saffran [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 644, Scholiast]
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Varṇya (वर्ण्य):—2. (von varṇay) adj. zu beschreiben, zu schildern, was beschrieben —, geschildert wird [Sāhityadarpana 426.] [Oxforder Handschriften 210,b,4 v. u. 211.a,8] und [2 v. u.] varṇyasama und avarṇyasama m. (sc. pratiṣedha) Bez. zweier Arten sophistischer Einwendungen [NYĀYAS. 5, 1, 1. 4.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 114, 10.]
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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Full-text (+21): Varnyasama, Vinirvarn, Varniyam, Vyavarn, Avarnyasama, Caturvarnya, Avarnya, Nirvarn, Varny, Rubia cordifolia, Berberis aristata, Vanniyam, Saussurea lappa, Vyanga, Dadru, Pippalu, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Phyllanthus emblica, Acacia catechu, Visarpa.
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Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 4.13 < [Chapter 4 - Jñāna-Yoga (Yoga through Transcendental Knowledge)]
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Daily Life (3): Perfumes < [Chapter 3 - Social Aspects]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.3.47 < [Part 3 - Involuntary Ecstatic Expressions (sattvika-bhāva)]
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
Ulcers (vraṇa) according to Caraka < [Chapter 4 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Caraka-saṃhitā)]
Philosophy of Charaka-samhita (by Asokan. G)
Dialectical terms (6): Example: (dṛṣṭānta) < [Chapter 7 - Logic and Dialectical Speculations]
The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 1787-1790 < [Chapter 21 - Examination of the doctrine of ‘Traikālya’]
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