Anuguna, Anuguṇa, Anugunamagu: 21 definitions
Introduction:
Anuguna means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Anugun.
In Hinduism
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Anuguṇa (अनुगुण) refers to one of the 93 alaṃkāras (“figures of speech”) mentioned by Cirañjīva Bhaṭṭācārya (fl. 17th century) in his Kāvyavilāsa and is listed as one of the 89 arthālaṃkāras (figure of speech determined by the sense, as opposed to sound).—The figure anuguṇa has not been enumerated by ancient Ālaṃkārikas like Bhāmaha, Udbhaṭa, Rudraṭa etc. and modern Ālaṃkārikas like Mammaṭa, Viśvanātha etc. It has been first recognised by Jayadeva in his Candrāloka (C.L. V/106). Appayyadīkṣita in his Kuvalayānanda (Kuv. /P. 289) has followed Jayadeva in forming the definition of anuguṇa.
Cirañjīva defines anuguṇa as follows—“prāksiddhasvaguṇotkarṣe’nuguṇaḥ parasannidheḥ”.—“When with the association of another object the merit of the object in hand which is pre-existing attains more excellence, then it is the figure anuguṇa”. In fact when the existing merit of a thing becomes enhanced with the touch of the merit of another thing, the figure anuguṇa takes place.
Example of the anuguṇa-alaṃkāra:—
śyāmalāḥ sahajameva kaṭākṣāḥ kajjalairatitarāṃ ghanabhāsaḥ |
viśvato’pi viratāni munīnāṃ viśvato malinayanti manāṃsi ||“The sidelong glances (of women) which are dark by nature, being more deep by collyrium make the minds of sages who are dispassionate even in all worldly affairs fully dirty”.
Notes: In this verse the side long glances which are dark by nature from the very beginning becomes more dark i.e more excellent by the use of collyrium, hence it is an example of anuguṇa-alaṃkāra.
Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Anuguṇa (अनुगुण) refers to the “suitability (of stones matching the icons)”, as discussed in chapter 11 of the Śrīpraśnasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising 5500 Sanskrit verses covering a number of subjects ranging from selecting a temple site through building and furnishing it to sanctifying and maintaining worship in the sacred complex.—Description of the chapter [bimba-anuguṇa-śila-ādi-saṃgrahaṇa]: [...] In collecting the stone materials out of which an icon and its base are generally fashioned, certain rituals are to be followed: some are relevant to preliminaries to the actual quarrying of the stone (12-32) and others to the homa-rites that initiate the quarrying (33-39). [...]
Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Anuguṇa (अनुगुण) refers to the “suitability (of medicines)” (for a domesticated elephant), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 11, “On the keeping of elephants and their daily and seasonal regimen”]: “8. Inspection of bed and water (?), exercise, suitable (anuguṇa) medicine [anuguṇaṃ bheṣajaṃ], rubbing down with powder, returning to the stall post, food accompanied by ghee and jaggery, giving of pastry, bathing, drinking water, and in the afternoon food accompanied by a quarter (of the amount) of sesame oil, and medicine, and then sleep—this is the daily routine of elephants, step by step”.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
anuguṇa (अनुगुण).—a (S) Congenial with; corresponding with; suitable unto; of according or agreeing qualities. In comp. as auṣadha pāhūna tadanuguṇaca pathya yōjilēṃ pāhijē; pitryanuguṇaputra, ētadanuguṇa, tadanu- guṇa, karmānuguṇa, dharmānuguṇa, śāstrānuguṇa, daivānuguṇa, phalānuguṇa.
anuguṇa (अनुगुण).—a Congenial with, suitable to, in keeping with.
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
Anuguṇa (अनुगुण).—a. [anukūlo guṇo yasya] Having similar qualities, of the same nature; कान्तारतापसाविक्षू वंशकानुगुणौ स्मृतौ (kāntāratāpasāvikṣū vaṃśakānuguṇau smṛtau) Susr.; conformable to, favourable or agreeable to, suitable, according to; मनोरथस्यानुगुणं सर्वदा यस्य चेष्टितम् (manorathasyānuguṇaṃ sarvadā yasya ceṣṭitam) Mv.7.7 obedient to the will 7.38; गुणसम्पदानुगुणतां गमितः (guṇasampadānuguṇatāṃ gamitaḥ) Kirātārjunīya 6.33;1.13; congenial, suitable, fit; °अन्न- लाभात् (anna- lābhāt) Daśakumāracarita 64,94; अननुगुणदाराणाम् (ananuguṇadārāṇām) Daśakumāracarita 13 not having wives worthy of themselves; (vīṇā) उत्कण्ठितस्य हृदयानुगुणा वयस्या (utkaṇṭhitasya hṛdayānuguṇā vayasyā) Mṛcchakaṭika 3.3 agreeable or pleasing to the heart, exactly after the heart (Tv. here takes °ṇā mean tantrīyuktavīṇā itself); अत्र द्वावप्युपध्मानीयावेव न शान्तानुगुणौ (atra dvāvapyupadhmānīyāveva na śāntānuguṇau) R. G.; रसानुगुणतामेति (rasānuguṇatāmeti) S. D.; °णं सर्वास्ववस्थासु यत् (ṇaṃ sarvāsvavasthāsu yat) Uttararāmacarita 1.39.
-ṇaḥ A natural peculiarity.
-ṇam adv.
1) Favourably, conformably to one's desires; चिरेणानुगुणं प्रोक्ता प्रतिपत्तिपराङ्मुखी (cireṇānuguṇaṃ proktā pratipattiparāṅmukhī) Bhaṭṭikāvya 8.95.
2) Agreeably or conformably to (in comp.); तदादेशानुगुणं भवदागमनमभूत् (tadādeśānuguṇaṃ bhavadāgamanamabhūt) Dk. 11.
3) Naturally.
Anuguṇa (अनुगुण).—mfn.
(-ṇaḥ-ṇā-ṇaṃ) According or suitable to, according to merit or property. E. anu, and guṇa quality.
Anuguṇa (अनुगुण).—[anu-guṇa], adj. f. ṇā. Corresponding, conformable, [Mṛcchakaṭikā, (ed. Stenzler.)] 43, 16. Suitable, [Daśakumāracarita] in
Anuguṇa (अनुगुण).—[adjective] congenial, corresponding to, equal to (mostly —°); [abstract] tva [neuter]
1) Anuguṇa (अनुगुण):—[=anu-guṇa] mf(ā)n. having similar qualities, congenial to
2) [v.s. ...] according or suitable to
3) [=anu-guṇa] m. natural peculiarity.
Anuguṇa (अनुगुण):—I. [bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.
(-ṇaḥ-ṇā-ṇam) Of similar qualities, congenial with, corresponding with, suitable to. Ii. [tatpurusha compound] m.
(-ṇaḥ) (In Rhetoric.) An alaṅkāra or mode of writing elegantly, representing the natural properties of a thing as more intense through contact with another thing. Iii. Avyayībh.
(-ṇam) According to the quality or natural property (of an object). E. anu and guṇa.
Anuguṇa (अनुगुण):—[anu-guṇa] (ṇaḥ-ṇā-ṇaṃ) a. According to the merit, or qualities.
Anuguṇa (अनुगुण):—(1. anu + guṇa) adj. f. ā von entsprechenden Eigenschaften, gleichartig, entsprechend: kāntāratāpasāvikṣū vaṃśakānuguṇau matau [Suśruta 1, 187, 2.] (vīṇā) utkaṇṭhitasya hṛdayānuguṇā vayasyā [Mṛcchakaṭikā 43, 16.] anuguṇībhū gleicher Art werden [Vikramorvaśī 49.] Nom. abstr. [Kāvyaprakāśa 59, 16] : kāvyānuguṇatvam . Davon anuguṇika nach gaṇa vasantādi .
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Anuguṇa (अनुगुण):—, anuguṇībhūta [Vikramorvaśī 49] schlechte Lesart für śataguṇī; vgl. [Spr. 1403.]
Anuguṇa (अनुगुण):——
1) Adj. (f. ā) von entsprechenden Eigenschaften , entsprechend , gleichartig [256,17.284.14.] Davon tva n. Nom.abstr. —
2) m Adv. jenach den Verdiensten.
Anuguṇa (अनुगुण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Aṇuguṇa.
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
Anuguṇa (अनुगुण) [Also spelled anugun]:—(a) significant, exact, befitting; ~[guṇatā] exactness, significance.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Aṇuguṇa (अणुगुण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Anuguṇa.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Anuguṇa (ಅನುಗುಣ):—[adjective] corresponding; matching; homogenous; commensurate.
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Anuguṇa (ಅನುಗುಣ):—[noun] = ಅನುಗುಣಾಲಂಕಾರ [anugunalamkara].
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Anuguṇamāgu (ಅನುಗುಣಮಾಗು):—[verb] = ಅನುಗುಣಮಾಗು [anugunamagu].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Anuguṇa (अनुगुण):—adj. 1. having similar qualities; of the same nature; 2. conformable to; favorable/agreeable to; suitable; 3. according to; in accordance with;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
Pali-English dictionary
anuguṇa (အနုဂုဏ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[anu+guṇa]
[အနု+ဂုဏ]
[Pali to Burmese]
anuguṇa—
(Burmese text): တူသော-ဂုဏ်-အစွမ်းသတ္တိ-အကျိုးအပြစ်-ရှိသော၊ ဂုဏ်ရည်တူဖြစ်သော။ မဂ္ဂါနုဂုဏ-လည်းကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Similar in virtue and capability, having the same quality. Also look at the noble attributes.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Anu, Guna.
Starts with (+0): Anugunalamkara, Anugunam, Anugunashila, Anugunatva, Anugunavagu, Anugunavant, Anugunay, Anugunaya, Anugunayati, Anukunalankaram.
Full-text (+0): Anugunam, Tadanuguna, Abandhananuguna, Vasananuguna, Magganuguna, Catutthajjhanacetananuguna, Abhinipatanuguna, Pannapiyamanaparajikanuguna, Cittajarupanugunata, Cyananugunata, Anugun, Anugunashila, Anugunika, Anugunaya, Anugunya, Bheshaja, Gunay, Alamkara, Bhu.
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