Gunavaisheshya, Guṇavaiśeṣya, Guna-vaisheshya: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Guṇavaiśeṣya can be transliterated into English as Gunavaisesya or Gunavaisheshya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGuṇavaiśeṣya (गुणवैशेष्य).—pre-eminence of merit; अन्योन्यगुणवैशेष्यान्न किंचिदतिरिच्यते (anyonyaguṇavaiśeṣyānna kiṃcidatiricyate) Manusmṛti 9.296.
Derivable forms: guṇavaiśeṣyam (गुणवैशेष्यम्).
Guṇavaiśeṣya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms guṇa and vaiśeṣya (वैशेष्य).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGuṇavaiśeṣya (गुणवैशेष्य).—n.
(-ṣyaṃ) Preeminence of merit or of any property. E. guṇa, and vaiśeṣya superiority.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGuṇavaiśeṣya (गुणवैशेष्य):—[=guṇa-vaiśeṣya] [from guṇa] n. preeminence of merit or of any property, ix, 296 (ifc.)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGuṇavaiśeṣya (गुणवैशेष्य):—[guṇa-vaiśeṣya] (ṣyaṃ) 1. n. Pre-eminence.
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: Vaisheshya, Guna.
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