Ghunakshara, Ghuṇākṣara, Ghuna-akshara: 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
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryghuṇākṣara (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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGhuṇākṣara (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.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryGhuṇākṣara (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).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryGhuṇākṣara (घुणाक्षर).—[neuter] a strange incident (lit. letter produced by the wood-worm.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGhuṇākṣara (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]
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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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Partial matches: Akshara, Ghuna.
Starts with: Ghunaksharanyaya, Ghunaksharapraya, Ghunaksharavat.
Full-text: Gunakshara, Ghunaksharavat, Ghunaksharanyaya, Ghunalipi, Kunakkaraniyayam, Andhacatakanyaya, Ghuna, Nyaya, Nyay.
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