Adhvanya: 8 definitions
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Adhvanya means something in 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.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAdhvanya (अध्वन्य).—a. [adhvānam alaṃ gacchati, adhvan-khayat vā; adhvano yatkhau P.V.2.16] Able to undertake a journey, speeding on a journey; क्षिप्रं ततोऽध्वन्यतुरङ्गयायी (kṣipraṃ tato'dhvanyaturaṅgayāyī) Bk.2.44.
-naḥ -nyaḥ A traveller going fast, way-farer.
See also (synonyms): adhvanīna.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhvanya (अध्वन्य).—mf.
(-nyaḥ-nyā) A traveller. E. adhvan, and yat aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhvanya (अध्वन्य).—[masculine] traveller.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhvanya (अध्वन्य):—[from adhvan] m. idem, [Pāṇini 5-2, 16.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhvanya (अध्वन्य):—(nyaḥ) 1. m. A traveller.
[Sanskrit to German] (Deutsch Wörterbuch)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAdhvanya (अध्वन्य):—(von adhvan) m. Reisender [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 2, 16.] gaṇa gavādi; [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 1, 17.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 493.] [Amaruśataka 11.]
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Adhvanya (अध्वन्य):—adj. zur Reise geeignet: ratha Reisewagen [Halāyudha 2, 290.] anadhvanya unbewandert in (loc.): kāvyeṣu [Spr. 3447.]
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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