Ekantara, Eka-antara, Ēkāntarā, Ekāntarā, Ekāntara: 11 definitions
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Ekantara 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
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Ekāntara (एकान्तर).—Separated or intervened by one single thing, a letter or a word; e. g. आं पचसि देवदत्त (āṃ pacasi devadatta), where देवदत्त (devadatta) follows आम् (ām) with one word पचसि (pacasi) intervening; cf. आम एकान्तरमाम-न्त्रितमनन्तिके (āma ekāntaramāma-ntritamanantike) P.VIII.1.55.
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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Ekāntara (एकान्तर) or Ekāntarajvara refers to “fever at regular interval” and is dealt with in the 17th-century Vaidyavallabha written by Hastiruci.—The Vaidyavallabha is a work which deals with the treatment and useful for all 8 branches of Ayurveda. The text Vaidyavallabha has been designed based on the need of the period of the author, availability of drugs during that time, disease manifesting [viz., ekāntara] in that era, socio-economical-cultural-familial-spiritual-aspects of that period Vaidyavallabha.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
ēkāntarā (एकांतरा).—ad Occurring on alter- nate day-a fever.
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
Ekāntara (एकान्तर).—a. next but one, separated by one remove; द्वन्द्वं दक्षमरीचिसंभवमिदं तत्स्रष्टुरेकान्तरम् (dvandvaṃ dakṣamarīcisaṃbhavamidaṃ tatsraṣṭurekāntaram) Ś.7.27; V.1.
-raḥ a kind of fever.
Ekāntara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms eka and antara (अन्तर).
Ekāntara (एकान्तर).—mfn.
(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Next but one. E. eka and antara between.
Ekāntara (एकान्तर).—i. e. eka-antara, adj., f. rā, Separated by one caste, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 10, 9 (the father belonging, e. g. to the Kṣatriyas, the mother to the Śūdras, the Vaiśyas being between them). dvjekāntara, i. e. dvi-eka-, adj. Being separated by one or two castes.
Ekāntara (एकान्तर).—[adjective] separated by one intermediate member.
1) Ekāntara (एकान्तर):—[from eka] mfn. separated by one intermediate (caste), [Gautama-dharma-śāstra iv, 16]
2) [v.s. ...] next but one, one removed from, [Śakuntalā 191 d.]
Ekāntara (एकान्तर):—[ekā+ntara] (raḥ-rā-raṃ) a. Next but one.
Ekāntara (एकान्तर):—(eka + antara) adj. f. ā nur durch ein Zwischenglied getrennt [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 13.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 1, 55.] [Raghuvaṃśa] (ed. Calc.) [1, 82.] dvyekāntara durch zwei oder ein Zwischenglied getrennt [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 7.]
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Ekāntara (एकान्तर):—[Prātiśākhya zur Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 6, 13.] [WEBER, Jyotiṣa 36.]
Ekāntara (एकान्तर):—Adj. (f. ā) nur durch ein Zwischenglied getrennt [Gautama's Dharmaśāstra]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Eka, Antara.
Starts with (+0): Ekamtaranupata, Ekantarahasya, Ekantaraj, Ekantarajan, Ekantaraurava.
Full-text (+0): Dvyekantara, Antara.
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