Gunagrahana, Guna-grahana, Guṇagrahaṇa: 9 definitions

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Gunagrahana 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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Gunagrahana in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

guṇagrahaṇa (गुणग्रहण).—n (S) Appreciating or acknowledging or discerning the merits or properties or qualities of.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

guṇagrahaṇa (गुणग्रहण).—n Appreciating or acknowledg- ing or discerning the merits or pro- perties or qualifications.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Gunagrahana in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Guṇagrahaṇa (गुणग्रहण).—appreciating merits.

Derivable forms: guṇagrahaṇam (गुणग्रहणम्).

Guṇagrahaṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms guṇa and grahaṇa (ग्रहण).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Guṇagrahaṇa (गुणग्रहण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) Acknowledging or appreciating merit. E. guṇa, and grahaṇa taking.

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

Guṇagrahaṇa (गुणग्रहण):—[=guṇa-grahaṇa] [from guṇa] n. acknowledging or appreciating merit or good qualities, [Harṣacarita vi; Siṃhāsana-dvātriṃśikā or vikramāditya-caritra, jaina recension]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Guṇagrahaṇa (गुणग्रहण):—[guṇa-grahaṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Acknowledging or appreciating merit.

[Sanskrit to German]

Gunagrahana 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

[«previous next»] — Gunagrahana in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Guṇagrahaṇa (ಗುಣಗ್ರಹಣ):—[noun] a recognising and appreciating of the qualities, virtues, character, nature or distinctive features (of another person, work, thing, etc.).

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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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Nepali dictionary

[«previous next»] — Gunagrahana in Nepali glossary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Guṇagrahaṇa (गुणग्रहण):—n. 1. acknowledging or appreciating merits; appreciation; 2. imitating other's merits; copy;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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