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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Melu (मेलु).—m. or f., a high number (= prec., and mela 1): meluḥ, n. sg., Mahāvyutpatti 7897 (= Tibetan ḥphrad yas), cited from Gaṇḍavyūha 133.22.

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

Melu (मेलु):—or meluda Name of two high numbers, [Buddhist literature]

[Sanskrit to German]

Melu 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Melu (ಮೆಲು):—[verb] = ಮೆಲ್ಲು [mellu]1.

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Melu (ಮೆಲು):—

1) [adjective] soft; tender.

2) [adjective] sweet (said of sound); melodious.

3) [adjective] not having harshness in behaviour, words, etc.; kind; gentle.

4) [adjective] slow in moving.

5) [adjective] slow in movement action or performance.

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Mēlu (ಮೇಲು):—

1) [adjective] in a place or on a level above another; upper.

2) [adjective] higher in rank, authority or dignity.

3) [adjective] greater in quality or value than.

4) [adjective] coming after; following in time, place or order; subsequent.

5) [adjective] evidednt; obvious.

6) [adjective] ranking before all others; foremost in rank, quality, importance, etc.; principal.

7) [adjective] different; not the same; another.

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Mēlu (ಮೇಲು):—

1) [noun] the top portion; the tip or summit.

2) [noun] the outer surface of a physical object.

3) [noun] the quality of being superior, excellent; superiority; excellence.

4) [noun] a man of great merits.

5) [noun] the quality of being auspicious; auspiciousness.

6) [noun] that one of the four cardinal points exactly opposite the east; west.

7) [noun] the quality of being appropriate, proper; appropriateness; propriety.

8) [noun] a prospering or the condition of being prosperous; prosperity.

9) [noun] anything brought about by a cause or agent; result; effect.

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Mēlu (ಮೇಲು):—

1) [adverb] in, at or to a higher place; above.

2) [adverb] once more; anew 3) repeatedly; again and again.

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Mēḷu (ಮೇಳು):—[noun] = ಮೇಳ - [mela -] 1.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Melu (மெலு) noun perhaps from idem. Coin below the standard weight; எடைக்குறைவான நாணயம். [edaikkuraivana nanayam.] (W.)

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with (+104): Melubatte, Melubbasa, Melubhaga, Melubiya, Meluciti, Meluda, Meludaya, Melude, Meludoru, Meludu, Meluduppata, Meludupu, Melugade, Melugahu, Melugai, Melugalaga, Melugalega, Melugaluve, Melugannu, Meluganu.

Ends with: Adimelu, Alamelu, Dimmelu, Dummelu, Galmelu, Galumelu, Himelu, Kaimelu, Kilmelu, Kilumelu, Melumelu, Talamelu.

Full-text (+4): Mel, Allamalum, Meluda, Pinnum, Merkontu, Marrum, Avaiyirrin, Aitikam, Era-irankapar, Kurudu, Maccariyam, Buda, Mela, Innum, Talamelu, Maiyam, Campuranam, Kasa, Pinnai, Attu.

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Triveni Journal

On Syllabic Melody of Nannaya’s Poetry < [April – June, 1979]

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