Ekavakya, Ekavākya, Eka-vakya: 5 definitions

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In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Ekavākya (एकवाक्य).—An expression giving one idea, either a single or a composite one. A positive statement and its negation, so also, a general rule and its exception are looked upon as making a single sentence on account of their mutual expectancy even though they be sometimes detached from each other cf. विदेशस्थमपि सदेकवाक्यं भवति (videśasthamapi sadekavākyaṃ bhavati) M. Bh. on III.4.67; cf. also निषेधवाक्यानामपि निषेध्यविशेषाकाङ्क्षत्वाद्विध्येकवाक्यतयैव अन्वयः । तत्रैकवाक्यता पर्युदासन्यायेन । संज्ञाशास्त्रस्य तु कार्यकालपक्षे न पृथग्वाक्यार्थबोधः । (niṣedhavākyānāmapi niṣedhyaviśeṣākāṅkṣatvādvidhyekavākyatayaiva anvayaḥ | tatraikavākyatā paryudāsanyāyena | saṃjñāśāstrasya tu kāryakālapakṣe na pṛthagvākyārthabodhaḥ |) Par. Śek on Pari. 3. Such sentences are, in fact, two sentences, but, to avoid the fault of गौरव (gaurava), caused by वाक्यभेद (vākyabheda), grammarians hold them to be composite single sentences.

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ekavākya (एकवाक्य).—one or unanimous opinion; एकवाक्यं विवव्रः (ekavākyaṃ vivavraḥ) R.6.85 raised a unanimous cry; °ता () consistency in meaning, unanimity, reconciling different statements, syntactical unity; प्रकरणाच्च ज्योतिष्टोमेनैकवाक्यता स्यात् (prakaraṇācca jyotiṣṭomenaikavākyatā syāt) | ŚB. on MS.1. 5.37.

Derivable forms: ekavākyam (एकवाक्यम्).

Ekavākya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms eka and vākya (वाक्य).

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

1) Ekavākya (एकवाक्य):—[=eka-vākya] [from eka] n. a single expression or word

2) [v.s. ...] a single sentence [commentator or commentary] on [Jaimini]

3) [v.s. ...] the same sentence, an identical sentence (either by words or meanings), [Tārānātha tarkavācaspati’s Vācaspatyam, Sanskrit dictionary]

4) [v.s. ...] a speech not contradicted, unanimous speech, [Raghuvaṃśa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Ekavakya 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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ēkavākya (ಏಕವಾಕ್ಯ):—

1) [noun] one sentence.

2) [noun] a man who keeps a promise or engagement made by him.

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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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