Manjubhashini, Mañjubhāṣiṇī, Manju-bhashini, Mamjubhashini: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Mañjubhāṣiṇī can be transliterated into English as Manjubhasini or Manjubhashini, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Shodhganga: Mankhaka a sanskrit literary genius (natya)Mañjubhāṣiṇī (मञ्जुभाषिणी) is the name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) of the Vṛtta-type (akṣarachandas: metres regulated by akṣaras, syllabes).—The metre, Maňjubhāṣiṇī containing thirteen syllables in each and every quarter and the gaṇas are sa, ja, sa and ja. This metre is found to be employed in the Śrīkaṇṭhacarita.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literatureMañjubhāṣiṇī (मञ्जुभाषिणी) refers to one of the 135 metres (chandas) mentioned by Nañjuṇḍa (1794-1868 C.E.) in his Vṛttaratnāvalī. Nañjuṇḍa was a poet of both Kannada and Sanskrit literature flourished in the court of the famous Kṛṣṇarāja Woḍeyar of Mysore. He introduces the names of these metres (e.g., Mañjubhāṣiṇī) in 20 verses.
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMañjubhāṣiṇī (मञ्जुभाषिणी).—f. Name of a metre; सजसाजगौ भवति मञ्जुभाषिणी (sajasājagau bhavati mañjubhāṣiṇī) V. Ratna.
Mañjubhāṣiṇī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mañju and bhāṣiṇī (भाषिणी).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Mañjubhāṣiṇī (मञ्जुभाषिणी) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Ānandalaharīṭīkā by Kṛṣṇācārya.
2) Mañjubhāṣiṇī (मञ्जुभाषिणी):—Divākarīṭīkā jy. by Divākara.
3) Mañjubhāṣiṇī (मञ्जुभाषिणी):—a
—[commentary] on the Vidvadbhūṣaṇa of Bālakṛṣṇa, by Madhusūdana.
4) Mañjubhāṣiṇī (मञ्जुभाषिणी):—the story of Rāma, by Rājacūḍāmaṇi. Mentioned by him in Kāvyadarpaṇa, Hz. Extr. 86.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mañjubhāṣiṇī (मञ्जुभाषिणी):—[=mañju-bhāṣiṇī] [from mañju-bhāṣin > mañju > mañj] f. Name of a metre, [Colebrooke]
2) [v.s. ...] of various works.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMaṃjubhāṣiṇi (ಮಂಜುಭಾಷಿಣಿ):—[noun] a woman having pleasing speech.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryMañjubhāṣiṇī (मञ्जुभाषिणी):—adj. fem. sweet-speaking;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Bhashini, Manju, Mancu.
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Part 7 - Śaṅkara and his School < [Chapter XI - The Śaṅkara School of Vedānta (continued)]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
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