Dantya, Damtya: 12 definitions

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Dantya 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.

In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Dantya (दन्त्य) refers to “dental consonants” in Sanskrit grammar. It is a classification of consonants (vyañjana) according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 15.

Natyashastra book cover
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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).

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Shiksha (linguistics: phonetics, phonology etc.)

Source: Knowledge Traditions & Practices of India: Language and Grammar (shiksha)

Dantya (दन्त्य, “dental”) refers to one of the five places of articulation (uccāraṇa).—According to Indian linguistic tradition (viz., śikṣā, ‘phonetics’, vyakaraṇa, ‘grammar’, nirukta, etymology’ and chandas, ‘prosody’.), the places of articulation (passive) are classified as five. They are, for example, dantya.

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Shiksha (शिक्षा, śikṣā) deals with Sanskrit linguistics and represents a branch of vedanga (vedic ancillary science). Shiksha deals with subjects such as phonetics, phonology, study of sound, letters of the Sanskrit alphabet and related topics. Much attention is also given to the study of recitation (patha) of Vedic verses.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

dantya (दंत्य).—a (S) Relating to the teeth or a tooth, dental.

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dāntyā (दांत्या).—m A brownish sort of ant. 2 See dāntā throughout.

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

dantya (दंत्य).—a Dental.

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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

Dantya (दन्त्य).—a. [dante dantamūle vā bhavaḥ yat]

1) Dental.

2) Suitable to the teeth.

-ntyaḥ (i. e. varṇaḥ) A letter of the dental class; see दन्तमूलीय (dantamūlīya) above.

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

Dantya (दन्त्य).—mfn.

(-ntyaḥ-ntyā-ntyaṃ) Dental of or belonging to the teeth. E. danta, and yat aff.

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

Dantya (दन्त्य).—[adjective] belonging to the teeth, dental (g).

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

1) Dantya (दन्त्य):—[from danta] mf(ā[Pāṇini 6-1, 213][Scholiast or Commentator])n. dental (a letter), [Prātiśākhya; Kāśikā-vṛtti; Vopadeva]

2) [v.s. ...] being on the teeth, [Pāṇini 4-3, 55; Kāśikā-vṛtti; Hemacandra]

3) [v.s. ...] suitable to the teeth, [Suśruta i, 46; Pāṇini 5-1, 6; Kāśikā-vṛtti]

4) [v.s. ...] cf. a-.

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

Dantya (दन्त्य):—[(ntyaḥ-ntyā-ntyaṃ) a.] Dental.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dantya 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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Daṃtya (ದಂತ್ಯ):—[adjective] articulated with the tip of the tongue against or near the front teeth; dental.

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Daṃtya (ದಂತ್ಯ):—[noun] any of the consonants articulated with the tip of the tongue against or near the front teeth ( as ತ, ಥ, ದ, ಧ ಲ, [ta, tha, da, dha la,] and [sa] ); a dental consonant.

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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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