Alternative spellings of this word include Anunasik.

In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Anunāsika (अनुनासिक) refers to “nasal consonants” in Sanskrit grammar. It is a classification of consonants (vyañjana) according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 15.

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Anunāsika (अनुनासिक).—(a letter) uttered through the nose and mouth both, as different from anusvāra which is uttered only through the nose. cf. मुखनासिका-वचनोनुनासिकः (mukhanāsikā-vacanonunāsikaḥ)P.I.1.8, and M. Bh. thereon. The anunāsika or nasal letters are the fifth letters of the five classes (i.e. ङ्, ञ्, ण्, न्, म् (ṅ, ñ, ṇ, n, m)) as also vowels अ, इ, उ (a, i, u) and semivowels when so pronounced, as ordinarily they are uttered through the mouth only; (e.g. अँ, आँ (aṃ, āṃ), etc. or य्यँ, व्वँ, ल्लँ (yyaṃ, vvaṃ, llaṃ) etc. in सय्यँन्ता, सव्वँत्सरः, सँल्लीनः (sayyaṃntā, savvaṃtsaraḥ, saṃllīnaḥ) etc.) The अनुनासिक (anunāsika) or nasalized vowels are named रङ्गवर्ण (raṅgavarṇa) and they are said to be consisting of three mātras. cf. अष्टौ आद्यानवसाने (aṣṭau ādyānavasāne)sप्रगृह्यान् आचार्या आहुरनुना-सिकान् स्वरान् । तात्रिमात्रे शाकला दर्शयन्ति (pragṛhyān ācāryā āhuranunā-sikān svarān | tātrimātre śākalā darśayanti) R. Pr. I.63.64; cf. also अप्रग्रहाः समानाक्षराणि अनुनासिकानि एकेषाम् (apragrahāḥ samānākṣarāṇi anunāsikāni ekeṣām) T. Pr XV.6. Trivikrama, a commentator on the Kāt. Sūtras, explains अनुनासिक (anunāsika) as अनु पश्चात् नासिकास्थानं उच्चारणं एषां इत्यनुनासिकाः । पूर्वं मुखस्थानमुच्चारणं पश्चा-न्नासिकास्थानमुच्चारणमित्यर्थः । अनुग्रहणात्केवल-नासिकास्थानोच्चारणस्य अनुस्वारस्य नेयं संज्ञा । (anu paścāt nāsikāsthānaṃ uccāraṇaṃ eṣāṃ ityanunāsikāḥ | pūrvaṃ mukhasthānamuccāraṇaṃ paścā-nnāsikāsthānamuccāraṇamityarthaḥ | anugrahaṇātkevala-nāsikāsthānoccāraṇasya anusvārasya neyaṃ saṃjñā |) and remarks further पूर्वाचार्यप्रसिद्धसंज्ञे-यमन्वर्था । (pūrvācāryaprasiddhasaṃjñe-yamanvarthā |) Com. by Tr. on Kat. I 1.13. Vowels which are uttered nasalized by Pāṇini in his works viz. सूत्रपाठ, धातुपाठ, गणपाठ (sūtrapāṭha, dhātupāṭha, gaṇapāṭha) etc. are silent ones i. e. they are not actually found in use. They are put by him only for the sake of a complete utterance, their nasalized nature being made out only by means of traditional convention. e. g. एध, स्पर्ध (edha, spardha) etc. cf. उपदेशे (upadeśe)Sजनुनासिक इत् (janunāsika it) P.I.3.2; cf. also प्रतिज्ञानुनासिक्याः पाणिनीयाः (pratijñānunāsikyāḥ pāṇinīyāḥ) Kāś on I.3.2.

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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.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Anunāsikā (अनुनासिका) refers to “nasal speech”, and is a symptom caused by snake-bites (such as the Kumbhamaṇḍalī-snakes), according to the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).—Accordingly, the symptoms are described as follows: “Shivering, nasal speech (anunāsikā), exhaustion caused by thirst and related discomfort, lack of co-ordination, yawning, fever, head-ache,trembling of the tongue, cold, pain due to burning sensation in the body and quivering of lips”.

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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

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

anunāsika : (adj.) nasal.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Anunāsika, (adj.) (anu + nāsā + ika) nasal; as tt. g. the sound ṃ; in °lopa apocope of the nasal ṃ VvA.114, 253, 275, 333. (Page 37)

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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.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

anunāsika (अनुनासिक).—a S In grammar. Nasal.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

anunāsika (अनुनासिक).—a (In grammar) Nasal.

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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 dictionary

Anunāsika (अनुनासिक).—a. [anugato nāsikām]

1) Nasal, pronounced through the nose; मुखसहितनासिकया उच्चार्यमाणो वर्णोऽ- नुनासिकसंज्ञः स्यात् (mukhasahitanāsikayā uccāryamāṇo varṇo'- nunāsikasaṃjñaḥ syāt) Sk.; मुखनासिकावचनोऽनुनासिकः (mukhanāsikāvacano'nunāsikaḥ) P.I.1.8; अमोऽनुनासिका न ह्रौ (amo'nunāsikā na hrau) Śikṣā; अनुनासिक (anunāsika) being a name for the 5 nasal consonants, the vowels or the consonants य्, व्, ल् (y, v, l) (under certain circumstances); i. e. the letters included in the प्रत्याहार अम् (pratyāhāra am) except ह् (h) and र् (r).

2) The sign used to mark the nasalization in the case of य्, व् (y, v) or ल् (l).

-kam The nasal twang.

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

Anunāsika (अनुनासिक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) Nasal, uttered through the nose. E. anu and nāsikā the nose.

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

Anunāsika (अनुनासिक).—[adjective] nasal ([grammar]).

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

1) Anunāsika (अनुनासिक):—[=anu-nāsika] mfn. nasal, uttered through the nose (as one of the five nasal consonants, or a vowel, or the three semivowels y, v, l, under certain circumstances; in the case of vowels and semivowels, the mark ँ is used to denote this nasalization)

2) [v.s. ...] the nasal mark ँ

3) [v.s. ...] n. a nasal twang

4) [v.s. ...] speaking through the nose (a fault in pronunciation).

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

Anunāsika (अनुनासिक):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.

(-kaḥ-kā-kam) (In Grammar.) Uttered through the nose, nasal (see also rakta), viz.

1) A nasal sound in general, it being pronounced through the nose and with the appropriate organ of speech, as ṅ through the nose and the throat, ñ through the nose and with the palate &c.

2) (Conditionally) a vowel or y, v, l; in this case the nasal nature of the sound is indicated by the sign ṃ~. (N. B. yṃ~ or vṃ~ represent the value of y or v preceded by m; lṃ~ that of l preceded by m or n. In the pause a final vowel may be anunāsika. A short anunāsika vowel, when not occurring in a pause, represents apparently always the value of the same vowel and m or n; it must be, in general, the last vowel sound of the former part of a compound or of the word itself, followed by a final sibilant, e. g. saṃ~skartā instead of saṃs-kartā, puṃ~ścalī = pums-calī, tasmiṃ~stvā = tasmins-tvā. Only a few exceptions of this rule are mentioned by the vaidik grammarians, e. g. aminantaṃ~ evaiḥ, when a of nta is anunāsika, although it does neither stand in a pause nor represent more than its own sound.—A long anunāsika vowel, when not occurring in a pause, may be generally considered as representing the value of its short vowel and an original nts or of its short vowel and nt, provided s or its substitute has been preserved; e. g. mahāṃ~ indraḥ = mahants indraḥ, dadhanvāṃ~ yaḥ = dadhanvants yaḥ, sargāṃ~ iva = sargants iva or mahāṃ~ścarati = mahants carati, dasyūṃ~rekaḥ = dasyunts ekaḥ. The material difference that prevails between the anunāsika (ṃ~) and the anusvāra (ṃ) sound, does not appear to have been kept alive beyond the period of the vaidik literature, when an interchange between both was not deemed legitimate; according to the grammarians of the classical period, in the latter the anunāsika may be replaced by the anusvāra. The sign of the anunāsika (ṃ~), however, is but seldom met with in the ordinary Mss. referring to the postvaidik literature; and from the reasons stated, its use in vaidik Mss. is objectionable, when it occurs in words like yaśāṃ~si, dhanūṃ~ṣi, viśveṣāṃ~ hitaḥ or in maṃ~hiṣṭha, vājaṃ~ saniṣat, indraṃ~ stavāma and similar instances in which the long nasal vowel does not represent more than the value of a short vowel and a nasal, or in which the short nasal vowel is not followed by a final sibilant.) E. anu and nāsikā.

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

Anunāsika (अनुनासिक):—[anu-nāsika] (kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a. Nasal.

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

Anunāsika (अनुनासिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Aṇuṇāsia.

[Sanskrit to German]

Anunasika in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Anunāsika (अनुनासिक) [Also spelled anunasik]:—(a) nasal; (nm) a nasal sound, nasal; hence~[tā] (nf).

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Anunāsika (ಅನುನಾಸಿಕ):—[adjective] articulated by means of partial or complete closing of the mouth, as at the velum, alveolar ridge or lips, so that all or part of the breath passes through the nose, as in pronouncing some consonants; nasal.

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Anunāsika (ಅನುನಾಸಿಕ):—

1) [noun] a nasal sound.

2) [noun] a consonant uttered with soft palate lowered and with passage of air through the nose; a nasal consonant (e.g.ṇa, na, ma etc.).

3) [noun] singing with a nasal sound, considered as a fault.

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

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

1) Anunāsika (अनुनासिक):—adj. pronounced through the nose; nasal (e.g. ङ, ञ, ण, न, म [ṅa, ña, ṇa, na, ma ] );

2) Anunāsika (अनुनासिक):—n. 1. a script indication of vowel nasality (ँ [ṃ ] chandrabindu); 2. nasal sound;

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Nasika, Anu.

Starts with: Anunacikam, Anunasikadi, Anunasikalopa, Anunasikanta, Anunasikata, Anunasikate, Anunasikatva.

Ends with: Ananunasika, Nanunasika, Niranunasika, Sanunasika, Sarvanunasika.

Full-text (+1): Anunasikatva, Anunasikya, Anunasikadi, Anunasikanta, Niranunasika, Anunasikopadha, Anunasik, Anunacikam, Anunasia, Anunasikalopa, Lopa, Vyanjana, Rakta, Shuddha, Anvarthasanjna, Mukhanasikavacana, Anusvara, Varnasamamnaya, Anubandha, Vikalpa.

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