Meva, Mēvā, Mevā: 7 definitions
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Meva means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi, Tamil. 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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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarymēvā (मेवा).—m ( P) Fruit. 2 Applied also to confectioneries or conserves.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishmēvā (मेवा).—m A fruit. Sweetmeats. mēvāmiṭhāī f Fruits and sweetmeats.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMeva (मेव).—a. Much (puṣkala); सर्वं मे त्वं ब्रूहि मेवं यथावत् (sarvaṃ me tvaṃ brūhi mevaṃ yathāvat) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 6.2.2.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Mevā (मेवा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Mehā.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryMevā (मेवा):—(nm) dry fruit; ~[pharośa] dry fruit-dealer.
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Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconMēvā (மேவா) [mēvātal [mēvarutal]] intransitive verb < idem. + வா-. [va-.] To be fitted for; பொருத்தமாதல். மேவரக்கிளந்து [poruthamathal. mevarakkilanthu] (பத்துப்பாட்டு: குறிஞ்சிப்பாட்டு [pathuppattu: kurinchippattu] 138).
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryMevā (मेवा):—n. papaya;
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.
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Starts with: Mevada, Mevadapurana, Mevadha, Meval, Mevalar, Mevali, Mevamishtanna, Mevamithai, Mevana, Mevani, Mevar, Mevarya, Mevati.
Ends with: Agatyameva, Aparupameva, Avashyameva, Ekameva, Emeva, Eva-meva, Evameva, Kardameva, Khippameva, Kshiprameva, Makadameva, Purvameva, Puvvameva, Sameva, Svayameva.
Full-text: Agatyapurvaka, Avashya, Avashy, Makadameva, Brahmanatikrama, Avyakta, Meha, Pillaiyan, Anuttara, Yeva, Vibhishika, Vyavadhana, Sindhu, Dhava, Han, Mithya, Talam.
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Satyameva Jayate < [October – December, 2002]
Ramakotiswara Rau-An Appreciation < [July 1970]
Main Tenents of Sankara and Advaita < [October – December, 1997]
A Manual of Abhidhamma (by Nārada Thera)
Rootless Consciousness < [Chapter II - Mental States]
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter XVI - Ontology of the self existent sat = being < [The om tat sat]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 15 - Sautrāntika theory of Inference < [Chapter V - Buddhist Philosophy]
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa XIII, adhyāya 2, brāhmaṇa 8 < [Thirteenth Kāṇḍa]
Sivaprakasam (Study in Bondage and Liberation) (by N. Veerappan)
Expiation of sins < [Chapter 2 - Bondage]
Guru-in-physical form < [Chapter 6 - Means to Release]