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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Dāruṇya (दारुण्य).—Explained by the commentators on the Pratisakhya works as दृढत्व (dṛḍhatva) (firmness) or कठिनता (kaṭhinatā) (hardness,) and given as a characteristic of the acute or उदात्त (udātta) tone; cf. आयामो दारुण्यमणुता खस्येत्युच्चैःकराणि शब्दस्य (āyāmo dāruṇyamaṇutā khasyetyuccaiḥkarāṇi śabdasya), T. Pr. XXII.9, quoted in the Mahabhasya on P.I. 2.29, where दारुण्य (dāruṇya) is explained as स्वरस्य दारुणता रूक्षता । (svarasya dāruṇatā rūkṣatā |)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

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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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Dāruṇya (दारुण्य).—

1) Harshness.

2) Cruelty.

3) Dreadfulness.

Derivable forms: dāruṇyam (दारुण्यम्).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dāruṇya (दारुण्य).—[neuter] hardness.

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

Dāruṇya (दारुण्य):—[from dāruṇa > dāru] n. harshness (of sound, [Taittirīya-prātiśākhya ii, 10]).

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

Dāruṇya (दारुण्य):—(wie eben) n. Härte: āyāmo dāruṇyamaṇutā khasyetyuccaiḥkarāṇi śabdasya [Prātiśākhya zur Taittirīyasaṃhitā 2, 10.] = svarakaṭhiṇatā Schol.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Dāruṇya (दारुण्य):—n. Härte.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

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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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