Bhinnabhajana, Bhinna-bhajana, Bhinnabhājana: 6 definitions

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Bhinnabhajana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. 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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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Bhinnabhajana in Sanskrit glossary

Bhinnabhājana (भिन्नभाजन).—a potsherd.

Derivable forms: bhinnabhājanam (भिन्नभाजनम्).

Bhinnabhājana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhinna and bhājana (भाजन).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhinnabhājana (भिन्नभाजन).—[neuter] a broken dish or vessel.

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

Bhinnabhājana (भिन्नभाजन):—[=bhinna-bhājana] [from bhinna > bhid] n. a broken pot or vessel, potsherd, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Bhinnabhajana in Kannada glossary

Bhinnabhājana (ಭಿನ್ನಭಾಜನ):—

1) [noun] a broken piece of an earthen ware.

2) [noun] (fig.) a useless man.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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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.

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Pali-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Bhinnabhajana in Pali glossary

bhinnabhājana (ဘိန္နဘာဇန) [(na) (န)]—
[bhinna+bhājana]
[ဘိန္န+ဘာဇန]

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

[Pali to Burmese]

bhinnabhājana—

(Burmese text): ကွဲသောအိုး၊ အိုးကွဲ။

(Auto-Translation): Broken pot, shattered pot.

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)
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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.

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