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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abhyākhyāna (अभ्याख्यान).—A false charge; calumny, detraction.

Derivable forms: abhyākhyānam (अभ्याख्यानम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Abhyākhyāna (अभ्याख्यान).—nt. (in Mahāvastu once app. m. (or f.?); = Pali abbhakkhāna, nt.; Sanskrit Lex. and Jain, Hemacandra Yogaś., [Boehtlingk and Roth] 7.1700; the ppp. °khyāta is recorded twice in [Boehtlingk and Roth] s.v. khyā with abhy-ā, and occurs also in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit], Śikṣāsamuccaya 95.13; the noun seems to be a Buddhist, also Jain, term; compare abhyācikṣati), false accusation, slander: often modified by abhūta, false, as Mahāvastu i.44.13 abhūto abhyākhyāno (v.l. °nā) dinno (v.l. °nā); 45.11 °naṃ (acc. sg.); abhūtā- bhy° Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 44.12; Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 254.1; °na-bahula, given to false accusations, Śikṣāsamuccaya 69.5; °la-tā Daśabhūmikasūtra 26.22; other pas- sages Mahāvyutpatti 5233; 8494 (amūlakābhy°); Śikṣāsamuccaya 171.16; Kāśyapa Parivarta 5.5; Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 66.3 (read °naṃ for °nāṃ).

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

Abhyākhyāna (अभ्याख्यान).—n.

(-naṃ) A false accusation. E. abhi, and ākhyāna saying.

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

Abhyākhyāna (अभ्याख्यान):—[=abhy-ākhyāna] [from abhyā-khyā] n. a false or groundless accusation, calumny, [Buddhist literature; Jaina literature]

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

Abhyākhyāna (अभ्याख्यान):—[tatpurusha compound] n. (nam) A false accusation, a groundless plaint (Amarak.; comp. abhyākāṅkṣita). [Comp. Dhammapada ed. Fausböll v. 139: rājato va upassaggaṃ abbhakkhānaṃ ca dāruṇaṃ; comm.: abbhakkhānaṃ ti adiṭṭhaassutaacintitapubbaṃ idaṃ sandhicchedakammamimaṃ vā rājāparādhakammaṃ tayā kataṃ ti evarūpaṃ dāruṇaṃ abbhakkhānaṃ va; i. e.: rājata evopasargamabhyākhyānaṃ ca dāruṇam; comm.: abhyākhyānamiti . adṛṣṭāśrutācintitapūrvamidaṃ saṃdhicchedakarmedaṃ vā rājāparādhakarma tayā kṛtamityevaṃrūpaṃ dāruṇamabhyākhyānameva.] E. abhi and ākhyāna, or khyā with ā and abhi, kṛt aff. lyuṭ.

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

Abhyākhyāna (अभ्याख्यान):—[abhyā+khyāna] (naṃ) 1. n. Idem.

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

Abhyākhyāna (अभ्याख्यान) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Abbhakkhāṇa.

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Abhyākhyāna (ಅಭ್ಯಾಖ್ಯಾನ):—[noun] act of making up a story; a fabricating a falsehood.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Akhyana.

Ends with: Rahobhyakhyana, Sahasabhyakhyana.

Full-text: Abbhakkhana, Abhyakankshita, Abhuta, Sahasabhyakhyana, Acikshati.

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