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Kavya (poetry)

Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa

Sakulya (सकुल्य) means “akin” or “similar”, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 16.126.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

sakulya (सकुल्य).—m S A kinsman, one sprung from the same ancestor: also a distant kinsman, sharing a divided oblation to the manes.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sakulya (सकुल्य).—

1) One of the same family.

2) A distant relation; such as a descendant in the 4th, 5th, or 6th, or even in the 7th, 8th, or 9th degree; अत ऊर्ध्वं सकुल्यः स्यादाचार्यः शिष्य एव वा (ata ūrdhvaṃ sakulyaḥ syādācāryaḥ śiṣya eva vā) Manusmṛti 9.187.

3) A distant relation in general. -a. Akin, similar; अथ पथि पथि लाजैरात्मनो बाहुवल्लीमुकुलकुलसकुल्यैः पूजयन्त्यो जयेति (atha pathi pathi lājairātmano bāhuvallīmukulakulasakulyaiḥ pūjayantyo jayeti) N.16.126.

Derivable forms: sakulyaḥ (सकुल्यः).

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

Sakulya (सकुल्य).—m.

(-lyaḥ) 1. A kinsman, one of the same family name and common origin: see sagotra. 2. A distant kinsman or relation; one who shares a divided oblation, as the grandson’s grandson or other descendants as far as three degrees from him, or the offspring of the grandfather’s grandfather or other remoter ancestor. E. sa same, kulya of family: some authorities extend the name of Sakulya to the tenth descendant.

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

Sakulya (सकुल्य).—m. 1. A distant kinsman, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 187. 2. A kinsman in general.

Sakulya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sa and kulya (कुल्य).

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

Sakulya (सकुल्य).—[masculine] kinsman, relative.

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

1) Sakulya (सकुल्य):—[=sa-kulya] [from sa > sa-kaṅkaṭa] m. one of the same family and name (= sa-gotra)

2) [v.s. ...] a distant relation, remote kinsman (said to apply to a grandson’s grandson or even sometimes extended to the tenth descendant), [Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya etc.]

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

Sakulya (सकुल्य):—[sa-kulya] (lyaḥ) 1. m. A kinsman, a distant relation.

[Sanskrit to German]

Sakulya 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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Partial matches: Kulya, Sha, Ca.

Starts with: Cakulyan, Sakulyan, Shakulyadani, Shakulyakshaka, Shakulyakshi, Shakulyarbhaka.

Ends with: Rasakulya.

Full-text: Sakulyan, Cakulyan, Tulyakulya, Kulya.

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