Adhyahara, Adhyāhāra: 13 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Adhyahar.
In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarAdhyāhāra (अध्याहार).—Supplying the necessary element. cf. गम्यमानार्थस्य वाक्यस्य स्वरूपेणोपा-दानं वाक्यस्याध्याहारः (gamyamānārthasya vākyasya svarūpeṇopā-dānaṃ vākyasyādhyāhāraḥ) Kāś on P.VI.1. 139., cf also Nir. I.1.13 and M. Bh. on Śiva Sūtra 1 Vārt 14.
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of SriharsaAdhyāhāra (अध्याहार) usually translates to “supplying an ellipsis”, but in the Naiṣadha-carita 12.57 it means “complement”, i.e., “that which makes an incomplete thing complete”.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryadhyāhāra (अध्याहार).—m S Adding a word or words to complete a sentence, supplying an ellipsis, subaudition. v āṇa. 2 The ellipsis or subauditum to be supplied.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishadhyāhāra (अध्याहार).—m Supplying an ellipsis.
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 dictionaryAdhyāhāra (अध्याहार).—A mode of interpreting a sentence. According to this mode, an incomplete sentence is made to yield complete sense by supplying some extra word or words therein. अध्याहार (adhyāhāra) should be clearly distinguished from अनुषङ्ग (anuṣaṅga) which also is a mode of interpreting an incomplete sentence; परिपूर्णमेवेदं वाक्यं नाध्याहारमर्हति विप्रलम्भ- कर्तृकम् (paripūrṇamevedaṃ vākyaṃ nādhyāhāramarhati vipralambha- kartṛkam) ŚB. on MS.4.3.1 (see anuṣaṅga). cf. also अपरि- पूर्णं यद् वाक्यं तदध्याहारेण वा पूर्येत व्यवहितकल्पनया वा । तत्राध्या- हाराद् व्यवहितकल्पना ज्यायसी । अध्याहारे हि अश्रुतः कल्प्येत । ईत- रत्र श्रुतेन सम्बन्धः (apari- pūrṇaṃ yad vākyaṃ tadadhyāhāreṇa vā pūryeta vyavahitakalpanayā vā | tatrādhyā- hārād vyavahitakalpanā jyāyasī | adhyāhāre hi aśrutaḥ kalpyeta | īta- ratra śrutena sambandhaḥ) | ŚB. on MS.7.4.1.
Derivable forms: adhyāhāraḥ (अध्याहारः).
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Adhyāhāra (अध्याहार).—
1) Supplying an ellipsis (ākāṅkṣāviṣayapadānusaṃdhānam).
2) Arguing; inferring; new supposition; inference or conjecture.
Derivable forms: adhyāhāraḥ (अध्याहारः).
See also (synonyms): adhyāharaṇa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhyāhāra (अध्याहार).—m.
(-raḥ) 1. Adding a word or words to complete a sentence, supplying an ellipsis. 2. Reasoning, argument. E. See adhyāharaṇa, ghañ being the aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhyāhāra (अध्याहार):—[=adhy-āhāra] [from adhyā-haraṇa] m. act of supplying (elliptical language), [Pāṇini 6-1, 139, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhyāhāra (अध्याहार):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-raḥ) 1) Adding a word or words to com-plete a sentence, supplying an ellipsis.
2) Reasoning, discussing. See adhyāharaṇa. E. hṛ with ā and adhi, kṛt aff. ghañ.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhyāhāra (अध्याहार):—[adhyā+hāra] (raḥ) 1. m. Idem.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryAdhyāhāra (अध्याहार) [Also spelled adhyahar]:—(nm) an ellipsis.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAdhyāhāra (ಅಧ್ಯಾಹಾರ):—
1) [noun] 'a conclusion reached by reasoning: a logical inference; a deduction.'2) [noun] an inferring, depending on the context, what is omitted or missing.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Ahara.
Starts with: Adhyaharana, Adhyaharaniya.
Ends with: Madhyahara, Sadhyahara, Samasadhyahara, Shabdadhyahara, Vakyadhyahara.
Full-text: Adhyaharana, Samasadhyahara, Adhyahar, Attiyakaram, Shabdadhyahara, Anushanga.
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