Likhana: 13 definitions

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Likhana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Alternative spellings of this word include Likhna.

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Pali-English dictionary

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

likhana : (nt.) writing; cutting into pieces.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Likhana, (nt.) (cp. late Sk. likhana; fr. likh) scratching, cutting, writing J. V, 59 (a golden tablet for writing on). Cp. ullikhana. (Page 583)

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

likhana (लिखन).—n S Writing. 2 A writing, a written document, a written book or paper.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Likhana (लिखन).—[likh-bhāvādau lyuṭ]

1) Writing, inscribing.

2) Drawing, painting.

3) Scratching.

4) A written document, a writing or manuscript.

Derivable forms: likhanam (लिखनम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Likhana (लिखन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Scripture, writing. 2. A writing, a written decument. 3. Scratching. 4. Writing. inscribing. 5. Scarifying. E. likh to write, aff. lyuṭ; and the vowel unchanged.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Likhana (लिखन).—[likh + ana], n. 1. Scratching, scarifying. 2. Writing. 3. A written document.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Likhana (लिखन).—[substantive] cratching, writing.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Likhana (लिखन):—[from likh] n. the act of scratching, furrowing etc., [Kāvya literature; Sāhitya-darpaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] writing, inscribing, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa; Pañcarātra]

3) [v.s. ...] scarifying, [Horace H. Wilson]

4) [v.s. ...] a written document, [ib.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Likhana (लिखन):—(naṃ) 1. n. Scripture; a written document; sacrifying.

[Sanskrit to German]

Likhana in German

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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.

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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Likhanā (लिखना) [Also spelled likhna]:—(v) to write, to note down, to record, to inscribe; to enter (in a book); -[paḍhanā] to study; writing and reading, studying; —, [kisī ke nāma] to debit to the account of; to address (a letter etc.) to.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Likhana (ಲಿಖನ):—

1) [noun] the act of writing.

2) [noun] that which is written; writing.

3) [noun] a written document, serving as a proof.

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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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