Namavashesha, Nāmāvaśeṣa: 2 definitions
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Namavashesha 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 Nāmāvaśeṣa can be transliterated into English as Namavasesa or Namavashesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryNāmāvaśeṣa (नामावशेष).—adj. (compare Sanskrit nāmaśeṣa, same meaning), of which (only) the name is left, i.e. destroyed, dead: Divyāvadāna [Page293-b+ 71] 185.28 (°ṣam enaṃ karomi); 187.4; 334.6 (always with forms of kṛ-).
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 corpusNāmāvaśēṣa (ನಾಮಾವಶೇಷ):—
1) [noun] a thing of which only the name is remaining; that which is not physically existent.
2) [noun] ನಾಮಾವಶೇಷಮಾಡು [namavasheshamadu] nāmāvaśeṣa māḍu to do away with as if by effacing completely; to destroy; to obliterate.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Full-text: Namashesha.
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