Basavanna, Basavaṇṇā: 3 definitions
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Basavanna means something in Marathi. 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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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarybasavaṇṇā (बसवण्णा).—m (vasu S Bull, aṇṇā Affix of respect.) The stone-image or nandī (the bull of Shiva) worshiped in the temples of the jaṅgama.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishbasavaṇṇā (बसवण्णा).—m The stone-image of nandī (the bull of Shiva) worshipped in the temples of the jaṅgama.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusBasavaṇṇa (ಬಸವಣ್ಣ):—[noun] = ಬಸವ [basava].
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)
Ends with: Kolebasavanna.
Full-text: Kittur, Kuntan-Hosalli, Nagoja, Reva, Revagavunda, Baichavalli.
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