Sukhayana, Sukhāyana, Sukha-ayana: 5 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sukhāyana (सुखायन).—a good or well-trained horse.

Derivable forms: sukhāyanaḥ (सुखायनः).

Sukhāyana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sukha and āyana (आयन). See also (synonyms): sukhāyata.

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

Sukhāyana (सुखायन).—m.

(-naḥ) A good horse. E. sukha pleasure, and ayana going.

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

Sukhāyana (सुखायन):—[from sukha > sukh] m. ‘going easily or pleasantly’, a good horse, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Sukhāyana (सुखायन):—[sukhā-yana] (naḥ) 1. m. A good horse.

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

Sukhāyana (सुखायन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Suhāvaṇa.

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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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