Anuvada, Anuvāda, Anu-vada: 20 definitions
Introduction:
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In Hinduism
Mīmāṃsā (school of philosophy)
Source: Srimatham: Mīmāṃsa: The Study of Hindu ExegesisAnuvāda (अनुवाद, “paraphrase (translation)”) refers to one of the various tools used by authors displaying their skill in the art of writing.—Paraphrasing (anuvāda) is the act in which a statement or remark is explained in other words or another way—as to clarify the meaning, or when a direct quotation is unavailable. Often, a paraphrase might substitute a euphemism for an actual statement, in order to avoid offense, but the paraphrase should not change the original meaning.
Mimamsa (मीमांसा, mīmāṃsā) refers to one of the six orthodox Hindu schools of philosophy, emphasizing the nature of dharma and the philosophy of language. The literature in this school is also known for its in-depth study of ritual actions and social duties.
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarAnuvāda (अनुवाद).—Repetition of a rule already laid down or of a statement already made cf. प्रमाणान्तरावगतस्य अर्थस्य शब्देन संकीर्तनमात्रमनुवादः (pramāṇāntarāvagatasya arthasya śabdena saṃkīrtanamātramanuvādaḥ) Kāś. on II.4.3.
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: Bhismacaritam a critical studyAnuvāda (अनुवाद, “translation”) means “repetition by way of explanation” .—Pāṇini has given the meaning of Anuvāda in the following sūtra as: “anuvāde caraṇānām |” (Aṣṭādhyāyī;, II.4.3).—Anuvāda means repetition by way of explanation, illustration or corroboration, that is to say when a speaker demonstrates for some special purpose, a proposition which had already been demonstrated before, that is called Anuvāda. Sir Monier Williams in his Sanskrit-English Dictionary has said, Anuvāda is saying after or again, repeating by way of explanation, explanatory repetition, or reiteration with corroboration or illustration, explanatory reference to anything already said. The English term ‘Translation’ for Anuvāda is derived from the Latin word translat-us-a-um meaning to transfer.
Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryanuvāda : (m.) 1. blaming; censure; 2. a translation.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryAnuvāda, (fr. anuvadatī, cp. Sk. anuvāda in meaning of “repetition”) 1. blaming, censure, admonition Vin.II, 5, 32; A.II, 121 (atta°, para°); Vbh.376. — 2. in combn. vādânuvāda: talk and lesser or additional talk, i. e. “small talk” (see anu B IV.) D.I, 161; M.I, 368.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryanuvāda (अनुवाद).—m (S) anuvādana n (S) Repeating another's speech or one's own (as in assemblies); rehearsing. 2 Reciting in assemblies the crime of which a person has been convicted, and pronouncing the penance to which he is adjudged. 3 Divulging another's misdeeds. 4 Tautology: also idle reiteration of a saying; vain harping upon. 5 Laxly. Discourse or conversation. Ex. dōhīcā a0 pariyēsā jē || 6 In law. The taking up (of any popular or existing practise or custom) and formally establishing it.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishaṇuvāda (अणुवाद).—m The atomic theory.
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anuvāda (अनुवाद).—m Repetition (in general). Re- hearsing, reiterating. Repetition by way of explanation or illustration. Corroboration. Reference.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAnuvāda (अनुवाद).—
1) Repetition (in general); गुण° (guṇa°) K.26.
2) Repetition by way of explanation, illustration or corroboration; अनुवादे चरणानाम् (anuvāde caraṇānām) P.II.4.3. (siddhasyopanyāse Sk.)
3) Explanatory repetition or reference to what is already mentioned, such as paraphrase or free translation; particularly, any portion of the Brāhmaṇas which comments on, illustrates, or explains a Vidhi or direction previously laid down and which does not itself lay down any directions; a supplementary repetition, opp. to विधि (vidhi) 'authoritative or direct injunction'; विधिविहितस्य अनुवचनमनुवादः । नानुवादपुनरुक्तयोः विशेषः शब्दाभ्या- सोपपत्तेः (vidhivihitasya anuvacanamanuvādaḥ | nānuvādapunaruktayoḥ viśeṣaḥ śabdābhyā- sopapatteḥ) Nyāya sūtra; cf. also विध्यनुवादयोर्विधिर्ज्यायान्, अपू- र्वार्थप्रकल्पत्वादिति (vidhyanuvādayorvidhirjyāyān, apū- rvārthaprakalpatvāditi) ŚB. on MS.1.6.3. It is of 3 kinds:- भूतार्थ° (bhūtārtha°) (sadeva saumyedamagra āsīt); स्तुत्यर्थ° (stutyartha°) (vāyurvai kṣepiṣṭhā devatā) and गुण° (guṇa°) (agnihotraṃ juhoti ityukte dadhnā juhoti iti guṇavidhānāt); see अर्थवाद (arthavāda) also.
4) Corroboration, confirmation.
5) Slander, abuse, reviling.
6) Advertisement, notice; report, rumour.
7) Commencement of speech (vācārambhaṇamātram).
Derivable forms: anuvādaḥ (अनुवादः).
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Aṇuvāda (अणुवाद).—the doctrine of atoms, atomic theory, the theory that all material substances are primarily atoms and secondarily aggregates, and that all atoms are eternal.
Derivable forms: aṇuvādaḥ (अणुवादः).
Aṇuvāda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṇu and vāda (वाद).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnuvāda (अनुवाद).—m.
(-daḥ) 1. Abuse, reviling. 2. Tautology, repetition. 3. Conformity to what has been previously said or explained. E. anu low, or after, and vāda from vad to speak, with ghañ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnuvāda (अनुवाद).—i. e. anu-vad + a, m. Report, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 67, 2.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnuvāda (अनुवाद).—[masculine] repetition, explanation.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Anuvāda (अनुवाद):—[=anu-vāda] [from anu-vad] m. saying after or again, repeating by way of explanation, explanatory repetition or reiteration with corroboration or illustration, explanatory reference to anything already said
2) [v.s. ...] translation
3) [v.s. ...] a passage of the Brāhmaṇas which explains or illustrates a rule (vidhi) previously propounded (such a passage is sometimes called anuvāda-vacana)
4) [v.s. ...] confirmation, [Nirukta, by Yāska]
5) [v.s. ...] slander, reviling, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] (used in explaining dhvani), [Kāvyaprakāśa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnuvāda (अनुवाद):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-daḥ) 1) Reference or referring to what has been previously said, not in the way of a mere repetition or tautology, but in that of explanation, detailed comment or emphasis; explanatory and corroborative reference, explanation; e. g. bhūparidhimānānuvādaḥ ‘a detailed explanation with reference to the measure of the earth’s circumference (mentioned before in the Golādhyāya)’; or, in Manu 2. 53. the words khāni saṃspṛśet are an anuvāda to nivedya &c. 2. 51., because they give a detailed illustration of the general injunction contained in the latter verse. If a word is repeated or an expression used which would seem superfluous, because not conveying a new notion, such repeated word or such expression is anuvāda, provided a certain purpose be connected with it, otherwise it would be sipely punarukta or a meaningless tautology, e. g. ghaṭo ghaṭaḥ or ghaṭaḥ kalasaḥ ‘a jar is a jar’ would be a punarukta; but the repetition of paśyet in Yājnav. 2. 1. from 1. 359. is an anuvādaḥ because it points to the connexion between both passages and to the detail which is to follow as an illustration of 1. 359.; or in Manu 1. 72. parisaṃkhyayā might be taken as an anuvāda to sahasraṃ, because it imparts greater emphasis to the bare numeral.
2) In the ritual literature anuvāda designates those passages of the Brāhmaṇa portion of the Vedas, which point to an injunction given before (vidhi q. v.) and illustrate it by the way of comment, or by entering into greater detail, or by adding supplementary rules, but without stating the purpose of the injunction itself as the latter would be the object of the arthavāda (q. v.); the anuvāda being accessory, therefore, to the vidhi portion of the Brāhmaṇa and precluded from giving independent regulations, the supplementary rites they contain are not considered of equal weight and as absolute as those of the vidhi; there exists however sometimes a difficulty to decide whether a passage of the Brāhmaṇas is vidhi or anuvāda, or in other words whether its injunctions are absolute or not, as appears from the discussion of the Mīmāṃsists. (The Nyāya, supported by the commentaries on the Mīmāṃsā, distribute the text of the Brāhmaṇa under the three heads of vidhi, anuvāda and arthavāda qq. vv.; a later division makes anuvāda one of the three categories of the arthavāda.)
3) Report, e. g. kutsitārthānuvādaḥ.
4) Abuse, reviling (? this meaning is given by several dictionaries on the authority of the Śabdaratnāvalī, but, to judge from the Mss. at my disposal, it would seem to proceed from another reading or from a misunderstanding of the passage of this work which contains the synonymes of ‘rumour’: yathārthāniścitā vārttā bhavetsarvajanātmikā . kutsitārthānuvādo vā kiṃvadantī janaśrutiḥ ..; the same might be said of the meanings ‘abusive reply’ and ‘divulging another’s misdeeds’ which occur also in some dictionaries). E. vad with anu, kṛt aff. ghañ or anu and vāda.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnuvāda (अनुवाद):—[anu-vāda] (daḥ) 1. m. Abuse; coincidence; tautology.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Anuvāda (अनुवाद) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Aṇuvāya.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryAnuvāda (अनुवाद) [Also spelled anuvad]:—(nm) translation; repetition; ~[vādaka] a translator; ~[vādita] (correct form [anudita]) translated; ~[vādya] (correct form [anūdya]) translatable.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionaryAṇuvaḍa (अणुवड) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Anupat.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAṇuvāda (ಅಣುವಾದ):—[noun] (phil.) the theory that the soul is supposed to be an atom.
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Anuvāda (ಅನುವಾದ):—
1) [noun] re-utterance of what another has said, in the same manner.
2) [noun] a repeated propounding of a subject, theory or fact, which is already established.
3) [noun] usage of a word (in writing or speech).
4) [noun] the act or result of interpreting; explanation, meaning, translation, exposition, etc.; interpretation.
5) [noun] the making of a short statement of the main points of a book, without changing or corrupting the intention of the original author.
6) [noun] an epitome.
7) [noun] a translation of a speech or a book into the words of a different language, without changing the original idea.
8) [noun] agreement; consent; approval.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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