Abhidhayaka, Abhidhāyaka: 7 definitions
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryabhidhāyaka (अभिधायक).—a S That names, specifies, discriminates, distinguishes, points out.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishabhidhāyaka (अभिधायक).—a That names, specifies, etc.
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 dictionaryAbhidhāyaka (अभिधायक).—(-yikā f.), [abhidhāyin] a.
1) Naming, expressing, denoting; एतेषामभिधायकानि क्लीबे स्युः (eteṣāmabhidhāyakāni klībe syuḥ) Sk.; कर्षूः कुल्याभिधायिनी (karṣūḥ kulyābhidhāyinī) Ak. denotes, means, has the sense of.
2) Saying, speaking, telling; तेनाहमुक्तः प्रेक्ष्यैवं घोरशापाभि- धायिना (tenāhamuktaḥ prekṣyaivaṃ ghoraśāpābhi- dhāyinā) Rām.3.71.4; लक्ष्मीमित्यभिधायिनि प्रियतमे (lakṣmīmityabhidhāyini priyatame) Amaru. 27; वाच्याभिधायी पुरुषः पृष्ठमांसाद उच्यते (vācyābhidhāyī puruṣaḥ pṛṣṭhamāṃsāda ucyate) Trik.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Abhidhāyaka (अभिधायक):—[=abhi-dhāyaka] [from abhi-dhā] mfn. naming, expressing, expressive of, denominating, [Ṛgveda-prātiśākhya etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] telling, speaking.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAbhidhāyaka (अभिधायक):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.
(-yakaḥ-yikā-yakam) Expressing, denominating; e. g. in a Kārikā on Pāṇini's Sūtra bhittaṃ śakalam: tatvamabhidhāyakaṃ cecchakalasyānarthakaḥ prayogaḥ syāt (Kaiyyaṭa: bhittaśabdaśakalaśabdayoḥ paryāyatvādyugapadaprayoga ityarthaḥ); or Ṛgv. Prātiś.: sattvābhidhāyakaṃ nāma.—Used in Mīmāṃsā writings in the sense of anuvādaka; e. g. Śabara: guṇā ete prayājādayaḥ…abhidhāyakā bhavanti; see the remark s. v. abhidhāna 1. 1., and compare the instance given there. E. dhā with abhi, kṛt aff. ṇvul, āgama yuk.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Dhayaka, Dha, Abhi, Ta.
Starts with: Abhidhayakatva.
Full-text: Abhidhayakatva, Abhidhayin, Kattutthabhidhayaka, Karmmabhidhayaka.
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