Dehalidipanyaya, Dehalīdīpanyāya, Dehalidipa-nyaya: 2 definitions

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Dehalidipanyaya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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»] — Dehalidipanyaya in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dehalīdīpanyāya (देहलीदीपन्याय):—[=dehalī-dīpa-nyāya] [from dehalī > deha] m. the rule of the lamp placed over the threshold (id est. giving light to both sides, and so serving a twofold purpose), [Apte’s The Practical 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»] — Dehalidipanyaya in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Dēhalīdīpanyāya (ದೇಹಲೀದೀಪನ್ಯಾಯ):—[noun] the maxim of a burning lamp kept on the threshold of a house that lights both inside and outside the house, used as an analogy for getting two benefits or use from a single means.

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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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