Varnata, Varṇāṭa: 8 definitions

Introduction
In Buddhism
1. Mahayana
Languages
1. Sanskrit
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Introduction:

Varnata means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Varṇatā (वर्णता) refers to “having a particular color”, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 46.—Accordingly, “Among all the dharmas, it is by far the foremost and the most noble. It helps everyone. It finds the true nature of dharmas and of the non-deceptive Dharma. It has great loving-kindness and great compassion. It holds omniscience, the physical mark of golden color (suvarṇa-varṇatā), the supreme miracles of the thirty-two major marks and the eighty minor marks, the immense—morality, concentration, wisdom, liberation, knowledge and vision of liberation—,the three knowledges, the unhindered [knowledges], and the unhindered penetration into all dharmas.”.

context information

Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Varṇāṭa (वर्णाट).—

1) A painter.

2) A singer.

3) One who maintains himself by his wife (strīkṛtājīva).

4) A lover.

Derivable forms: varṇāṭaḥ (वर्णाटः).

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

Varṇāṭa (वर्णाट).—m.

(-ṭaḥ) 1. A singer. 2. A painter. 3. An actor, a mime. 4. One who lives by his wife. E. varṇa colour, &c., aṭ to go or be, aff. ac .

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

Varṇāṭa (वर्णाट).—m. 1. A painter. 2. A singer.

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

Varṇatā (वर्णता).—[feminine] tva [neuter] [abstract] to varṇa caste.

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

1) Varṇatā (वर्णता):—[=varṇa-tā] [from varṇa > varṇ] f. ([Mahābhārata]) the state of colour, colour (anyavarṇa-tva, the being of another colour)

2) Varṇaṭa (वर्णट):—[from varṇ] m. Name of a man, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]

3) Varṇāṭa (वर्णाट):—[from varṇ] m. (only [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) a painter

4) [v.s. ...] a singer

5) [v.s. ...] one who makes his living by his wife

6) [v.s. ...] a lover.

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

Varṇāṭa (वर्णाट):—[varṇā+ṭa] (ṭaḥ) 1. m. A singer; painter; actor.

[Sanskrit to German]

Varnata in German

context information

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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