Karnavisha, Karṇaviṣa, Karna-visha: 4 definitions

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Karnavisha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

The Sanskrit term Karṇaviṣa can be transliterated into English as Karnavisa or Karnavisha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Karṇaviṣa (कर्णविष).—'poisoning the ear', slandering, backbiting.

Derivable forms: karṇaviṣam (कर्णविषम्).

Karṇaviṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms karṇa and viṣa (विष).

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

Karṇaviṣa (कर्णविष).—n. poison sprinkled in one’s ears (treacherous speech), [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 338.

Karṇaviṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms karṇa and viṣa (विष).

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

Karṇaviṣa (कर्णविष):—[=karṇa-viṣa] [from karṇa] n. ‘ear-poison’ (any bad precept), [Pañcatantra]

[Sanskrit to German]

Karnavisha 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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