Panaya, Paṇāyā, Paṇāya, Paṇaya, Pana-aya: 8 definitions

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Pali-English dictionary

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

Paṇaya, (classical Sk. praṇaya, fr pra+) affection J. VI, 102. (Page 403)

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Paṇāyā (पणाया).—

1) Transaction, business, dealing.

2) A market-place.

3) Profits of a trade.

4) Gambling.

5) Praise.

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Paṇāya (पणाय).—Acquisition of profit; न चोपलेभे वणिजां पणायान् (na copalebhe vaṇijāṃ paṇāyān) Bhaṭṭikāvya 3.27.

Derivable forms: paṇāyaḥ (पणायः).

Paṇāya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms paṇa and aya (अय).

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

Paṇāyā (पणाया).—f.

(-yā) Business, affair, transaction, buying and selling, &c. 2. Profits or receipts of trade. 3. A market place. 4. Gambling. 5. Praise. E. paṇ to negociate, in the causal form, ac and ṭāp affs.; or paṇa, and āya income, it also occurs mas.

(-yaḥ).

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

1) Paṇāya (पणाय):—[from paṇ] a [Nominal verb] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] yati, to honour, praise, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] b [Nominal verb] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] yati idem, [Pāṇini 3-1, 28; Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska iii, 14] ([varia lectio] te);

2) —to sell ([infinitive mood] yitum), [Kathāsaritsāgara]

3) Paṇāyā (पणाया):—[from paṇ] f. business, transaction, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] a market-place, [Horace H. Wilson]

5) Panāya (पनाय):—[from pan] [Nominal verb] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] yati, te, to show ostentatiously, boast of ([genitive case]), [Ṛg-veda vi, 75, 6] (cf. [Nirukta, by Yāska ix, 16]).

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

Paṇāyā (पणाया):—(yā) 1. f. Business; profits of business; market-place.

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Panaya 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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Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

1) Paṇaya (पणय) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Praṇī.

2) Paṇaya (पणय) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Praṇata.

3) Paṇaya (पणय) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Praṇaya.

4) Paṇaya (पणय) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Panaka.

5) Pāṇaya (पाणय) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Pānaka.

6) Pāṇaya (पाणय) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Prāṇata.

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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.

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