Ghunakshara, Ghuna-akshara, Ghuṇākṣara: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Ghuṇākṣara can be transliterated into English as Ghunaksara or Ghunakshara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
ghuṇākṣara (घुणाक्षर).—n (S ghuṇa An insect found in timber, and akṣara A letter.) The lines traced by the insect ghuṇa in devouring wood. Resemblance to a rudedrawn letter of the alphabet is fancied in it. 2 A letter as fancifully heard in the buzzing of a bee. ghuṇākṣaranyāya (Rule or law of the ghuṇākṣara) Used of the resemblances to things or persons fancifully traced in mere scrawling or heedless scratching of lines and figures.
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
Ghuṇākṣara (घुणाक्षर).—f. an incision in wood or in the leaf of a book made by an insect or worm and resembling somewhat the form of a letter; सकृज्जय- मरेर्वीरा मन्यन्ते हि घुणाक्षरम् (sakṛjjaya- marervīrā manyante hi ghuṇākṣaram) Rāj. T.4.167. °nyāyaḥ see under न्याय (nyāya); घुणाक्षरन्यायेन निर्मितं तस्या वपुः (ghuṇākṣaranyāyena nirmitaṃ tasyā vapuḥ) Dk.
Derivable forms: ghuṇākṣaram (घुणाक्षरम्).
Ghuṇākṣara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ghuṇa and akṣara (अक्षर). See also (synonyms): ghuṇalipi.
Ghuṇākṣara (घुणाक्षर).—n. a figure bored by a woodworm, and by accident resembling a letter, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 4, 167 ([Pañcatantra] 42, 12, read ghuṇākṣara).
Ghuṇākṣara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ghuṇa and akṣara (अक्षर).
Ghuṇākṣara (घुणाक्षर).—[neuter] a strange incident (lit. letter produced by the wood-worm.
Ghuṇākṣara (घुणाक्षर):—[from ghuṇa > ghuṇ] n. an incision in wood (or in the leaf of a book) caused by an insect and resembling somewhat the form of a letter, [Ratnāvalī ii, 17/18](Prākṛt ghuṇ'akkhara), [Rājataraṅgiṇī iv, 167]
Ghuṇākṣara (घुणाक्षर):—(ghuṇa + akṣara) n. ein durch einen Holzwurm (Bücherwurm) hervorgebrachter Einschnitt im Holze (in einem Bücherblatte), der zufälliger Weise einem Buchstaben ähnlich sieht: sakṛjjayamarervīrā manyante hi ghuṇākṣaram [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 167.] avaidyajīvināṃ (so ist zu lesen) siddhiḥ syādghuṇākṣaravatkvacit eine Heilung durch Nichtärzte kann zufällig zu Stande kommen, wie — [RATNĀV.] bei [TROYER] zu d. eben a. St. nyāyena so v. a. auf ganz zufällige und unerwartete Weise, durch eine glückliche Fügung [Daśakumāracarita 38, 14.] So ist auch [Pañcatantra 42, 14] st. guṇākṣaranyāyena zu lesen und oben guṇākṣara demnach zu streichen.
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Ghuṇākṣara (घुणाक्षर):—, vat [Mallinātha] zu [Śiśupālavadha 3, 58.] ghuṇakhara im Prākrit [RATNĀV. 50, 7.]
Ghuṇākṣara (घुणाक्षर):—n. ein durch Holzwürmer hervorgebrachter Einschnitt im Holze , der zufälligerweise wie Schrift aussieht. vat und nyāyena so v.a. auf ganz zufällige und unerwartet Weise , durch eine glückliche Fügung. ahonyāyo yat eine sonderbare Fügung , dass [Jayadeva's Prasannarāghava 10,13.]
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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Partial matches: Akshara, Ghuna.
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