Mahavina, Mahāvīṇā, Maha-vina: 4 definitions
Introduction:
Mahavina means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. 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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahāvīṇā (महावीणा):—[=mahā-vīṇā] [from mahā > mah] f. a kind of lute, [Lāṭyāyana]
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Pali-English dictionary
Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionarymahāvīṇā (မဟာဝီဏာ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[mahantī+vīṇā]
[မဟန္တီ+ဝီဏာ]
[Pali to Burmese]
Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)mahāvīṇā—
(Burmese text): ကြီးစွာသောစောင်း၊ စောင်းကြီး။
(Auto-Translation): Great stream, big stream.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Mahanti, Vina, Maha.
Starts with: Mahavinaash, Mahavinasadayaka, Mahavinasakaraka, Mahavinasapatti, Mahavinasha, Mahavinatantisanthana, Mahavinaya, Mahavinayadhara, Mahavinayakacaturthi, Mahavinayasangahapakarana.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 481 < [Gujarati-Hindi-English, Volume 3]
Rivers in Ancient India (study) (by Archana Sarma)
3a. Sarasvatī in the Purāṇic Literature (Introduction) < [Chapter 5 - Rivers in the Purāṇic Literature]
Musical Instruments in Sanskrit Literature (by S. Karthick Raj KMoundinya)
Ancient stringed instruments—The Yazh < [Chapter 2 - Origin and evolution of Music and Musical instruments]