Cadi, Cāḍī, Cādi, Ca-adi: 5 definitions

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Cadi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Chadi.

In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Cādi (चादि).—A class of words headed by च (ca) which are termed निपात (nipāta) by Panini e g-च,वा,ह, एवम् नूनम्, चेत्, माङ् (ca, , ha, evam nūnam, cet, māṅ) etc.; cf. चादयो (cādayo)Sसत्वे (satve). P. I.4.57. For the meaning of the word असत्त्व (asattva) see p.370 Vyakaranamahabhasya. Vol. VII. published by the D. E. Society, Poona.

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

cāḍī (चाडी).—Usually cahāḍa, cahāḍakhōra, cahāḍī.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Cādi (चादि).—a Gaṇa of Pāṇini (including the indeclinable particles, P.I.4.57).

Cādi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ca and ādi (आदि).

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

Cādi (चादि):—[from ca] a Gaṇa of [Pāṇini 1-4, 57] (including the indeclinable particles)

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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

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Caḍi (ಚಡಿ):—[noun] a narrow street or lane.

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Caḍi (ಚಡಿ):—[noun] a long, slender stick (as of rattan or of other twig) used to strike (with force), esp. to punish someone or drive an animal.

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Caḍi (ಚಡಿ):—[noun] a projection at the bottom (as of an idol) made to fit into a corresponding cavity in the base to fix it (as the idol) firmly.

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Cadi (ಚದಿ):—

1) [noun] stubborn refusal to submit or yield oneself to; contumacy; stubbornness.

2) [noun] great valour.

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Cāḍi (ಚಾಡಿ):—

1) [noun] the utterance in the presence of another person of a false statement or statements, damaging to a third person’s character or reputation; slandering.

2) [noun] a malicious, false, and defamatory statement made so; a slander.

3) [noun] a person who makes such statements; a slanderer.

4) [noun] an alphabetical list of names, subjects, etc. together with the page numbers where they appear in the text, usu. placed at the end of a book; an index.

5) [noun] ಚಾಡಿ ಹೇಳು [cadi helu] cāḍi hēḷu to utter slander about; to slander.

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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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