Amushyayana, Āmuṣyāyaṇa: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Āmuṣyāyaṇa can be transliterated into English as Amusyayana or Amushyayana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Āmuṣyāyaṇa (आमुष्यायण).—a. or
-ṇaḥ (-ṇī f.) [amuṣya khyātasyāpatyaṃ naḍā° phak aluk] Well-born, a son or descendant of such a one; i. e. of an illustrious person or family; आमुष्या- यणो वै त्वमसि (āmuṣyā- yaṇo vai tvamasi) Śat. Br.; तदामुष्यायणस्य तत्रभवतः सुगृहीतनाम्नो भट्टगोपालस्य पौत्रः (tadāmuṣyāyaṇasya tatrabhavataḥ sugṛhītanāmno bhaṭṭagopālasya pautraḥ) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1; Mv.1.
Amuṣyāyaṇa (अमुष्यायण).—mf.
(-ṇaḥ-ṇā) 1. Of respectable birth, of known origin. 2. The offspring of such a one, of a certain person, &c. E. amuṣya as in the last, and phak affix, also āmuṣyāyaṇa.
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Āmuṣyāyaṇa (आमुष्यायण).—mfn.
(-ṇaḥ-ṇī-ṇaṃ) Of an illustrious family, well born, well descended. E. amuṣya the genitive of adas this, and phak aff.
Āmuṣyāyaṇa (आमुष्यायण).—[masculine] the descendant of such and such, born from that race.
1) Āmuṣyāyaṇa (आमुष्यायण):—[from āmuṣmika] mf(ī)n. ([gana] naḍādi, [Pāṇini 4-1, 99]), a descendant of such a one, [Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Śāṅkhāyana-gṛhya-sūtra] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] m. a son or descendant of an illustrious person, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
1) Amuṣyāyaṇa (अमुष्यायण):—[a-muṣyāyaṇa] (ṇaḥ-ṇā) m. f. Idem.
2) Āmuṣyāyaṇa (आमुष्यायण):—[āmuṣyā+yaṇa] (ṇaḥ-ṇā-ṇaṃ) a. Of an illustrious family, well born.
Āmuṣyāyaṇa (आमुष्यायण):—(von amuṣya, gen. zu adas) m. der Sohn oder Abkömmling des und des, gaṇa naḍādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 99. 6, 3, 21, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 2.] [Kāśikīvṛtti] zu [5, 4, 30.] taistvā.sarvaira.hi ṣyāmi.pāśairasāvāmuṣyāyaṇāmuṣyāḥ putra [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4, 16, 9. 10, 5, 36. 44. 16, 7, 8. 8, 1.] āmuṣyāyaṇo vai tvamasi [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2, 3, 4, 11. 7, 2, 1, 11.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 12, 2, 18.] der Sohn oder Abkömmling eines berühmten Mannes [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 1, 1.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 502.] [Mālatīmādhava 3, 7.] in einer Inschrift [ Kunde des Morgenlandes I, 226.] dvyāmuṣyāyaṇa zwei Väter habend [Pravarādhyāya] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 59, 35.] [] zu [Chāndogyopaniṣad 1, 8, 1. 12, 1.]
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Āmuṣyāyaṇa (आमुष्यायण):—[Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 6, 6, 2.] [Kāṭhaka-Recension 11, 6.] soma [Oxforder Handschriften 80,a,15.]
Āmuṣyāyaṇa (आमुष्यायण):—m. Sohn oder Abkömmling des und des.
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
Amuṣyāyaṇa (ಅಮುಷ್ಯಾಯಣ):—[noun] one born to a a) family traditionally devoted to the performance of religious rites; or b) respectable family.
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Āmuṣyāyaṇa (ಆಮುಷ್ಯಾಯಣ):—[noun] a son of an illustrious or famous man.
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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