Dushcyavana, Duścyavana, Dus-cyavana, Dukcyavana, Dushcvavana: 9 definitions
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Dushcyavana 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.
The Sanskrit term Duścyavana can be transliterated into English as Duscyavana or Dushcyavana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Dushchyavana.
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literatureDuścyavana (दुश्च्यवन) is the name of a ancient authority on the science of Sanskrit metrics (chandaśāstra) mentioned by Yādavaprakāśa (commentator on Chandaśśāstra of Piṅgala).—Indra is an ancient authority of Prosody, mentioned as Duścyavana.
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDuścyavana (दुश्च्यवन).—an epithet of Indra; अत्तुं महेन्द्रियं भागमेति दुश्च्यवनोऽधुना (attuṃ mahendriyaṃ bhāgameti duścyavano'dhunā) Bhaṭṭikāvya 5.11.
Derivable forms: duścyavanaḥ (दुश्च्यवनः).
Duścyavana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dus and cyavana (च्यवन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDuścyavana (दुश्च्यवन).—m.
(-naḥ) A name of Indra. E. dur ill, cyavana the name of a saint: Indra having raised his arm to hurl his thunderbolt at Chyavana had it fixed in that position by the curse of the saint; other etymologies are given.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDuścyavana (दुश्च्यवन).—[adjective] difficult to be shaken.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Duścyavana (दुश्च्यवन):—[=duś-cyavana] [from duś > dur] mfn. d° to be felled, unshaken, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Indra, [Pratāparudrīya]
3) Duścyāvana (दुश्च्यावन):—[=duś-cyāvana] [from duś-cyāva > duś > dur] mfn. shaking the unshaken, [Mahābhārata viii, 1506] = -cyavana, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDuścyavana (दुश्च्यवन):—[du-ścyavana] (naḥ) 1. m. Indra.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusDuścvavana (ದುಶ್ಚ್ವವನ):—[adjective] not moved or shaken easily; firm; fixed; stable.
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Duścvavana (ದುಶ್ಚ್ವವನ):—[noun] Indra, the chief of gods.
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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Partial matches: Dush, Cyavana, Du.
Full-text: Dushcyava, Tuccavanan, Ayudhya, Indra, Cyavana.
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