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Kavya (poetry)

Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa

Dhoraṇi (धोरणि) refers to a “continuous series”, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 15.49.—Nārāyaṇa and Jinarāja remark that it is a vernacular word. Jinarāja mentions dhoraṇī as a variant and derives it from “dhorṛgaticāturya” (dhorati). He quotes Hemacandra “dhoraṇī śreṇī”. The word frequently occurs in Kāvya literature, e.g. in Maṅkhaka 14.2; 12.50; in Bālarāmāyaṇa act 9 (Prākṛta passage); in Haravijaya 3.44; in Rasamañjarī; and in other works of a later age.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

dhōraṇī (धोरणी).—a (dhōraṇa) Shrewd at guessing, conjecturing, predicting, inferring, accounting for. See the noun.

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

dhōraṇī (धोरणी).—a Shrewd at laying out plans &c.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dhoraṇi (धोरणि) or Dhoraṇī (धोरणी).—f. [dhor-ani vā ṅīp]

1) An uninterrupted series or continutity; यैर्माकन्दवने मनोज्ञपवने सद्यः स्खलन्माधुरी- धाराधोरणिधौतधामनि धराधीशत्वमालम्ब्यते । तेषां नित्यविनोदिनां सुकृतिनां माध्वीकपानां पुनः कालः किं न करोति केतकि यतस्त्वं चापि केलिस्थली (yairmākandavane manojñapavane sadyaḥ skhalanmādhurī- dhārādhoraṇidhautadhāmani dharādhīśatvamālambyate | teṣāṃ nityavinodināṃ sukṛtināṃ mādhvīkapānāṃ punaḥ kālaḥ kiṃ na karoti ketaki yatastvaṃ cāpi kelisthalī) Udb.; N.15.49.

2) Tradition.

Derivable forms: dhoraṇiḥ (धोरणिः).

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

Dhoraṇi (धोरणि).—f.

(-ṇiḥ) Tradition. E. dhor to proceed, affix ani.

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

Dhoraṇi (धोरणि).—[feminine] an uninterrupted series.

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Dhoraṇī (धोरणी).—[feminine] an uninterrupted series.

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

1) Dhoraṇī (धोरणी):—[from dhoraṇa > dhor] DoraRi f. an uninterrupted series, tradition, [Vikramāṅkadeva-carita, by Bilhaṇa]

2) Dhoraṇi (धोरणि):—[from dhoraṇa > dhor] f. an uninterrupted series, tradition, [Vikramāṅkadeva-carita, by Bilhaṇa]

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

Dhoraṇi (धोरणि):—(ṇiḥ) 2. f. Tradition.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Dhoraṇi (धोरणि) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Dhoraṇi.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dhorani 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.

Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Dhoraṇi (धोरणि) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Dhoraṇi.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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Ends with: Ekadhorani.

Full-text: Dhorana, Dharani, Dharana.

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