Navya, Nāvya: 15 definitions
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Navya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuNavya (नव्य) is another name for Raktapunarnavā, a medicinal plant identified with Boerhaavia diffusa Linn. or “red spiderling” from the Nyctaginaceae or “four o'clock” family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.117-120 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Navya and Raktapunarnavā, there are a total of twenty-two Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarynāvya (नाव्य).—a S Navigable. 2 Relating to a boat or nā0 paḍiyalī ||. vessel, naval.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishnāvya (नाव्य).—a Navigable.
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 dictionaryNavya (नव्य).—a.
1) New, fresh, recent नवीननीरदश्यामं रक्तपङ्कजलोचनम् (navīnanīradaśyāmaṃ raktapaṅkajalocanam) Brav. P.2.16;3.36.
2) Modern.
See also (synonyms): navīna.
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Nāvya (नाव्य).—a. [nāvā tāryaṃ nau-yat]
1) Accessible by a boat or ship, navigable (as a river &c.); नाव्याः सुप्रतरा नदीः (nāvyāḥ supratarā nadīḥ) R.4.31; नाव्यं पयः केचिदतारिषुर्भजैः (nāvyaṃ payaḥ kecidatāriṣurbhajaiḥ) Śiśupālavadha 12.76.
2) Praiseworthy.
-vyam Newness, novelty.
-vyā Ved. A navigable river.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNavya (नव्य).—mfn.
(-vyaḥ-vyā-vyaṃ) New, recent, young, modern. &c. m.
(-vyaḥ) Praise, panegyric. E. nava new, and svārthe yat aff. raktapunarnavāyām ca .
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Nāvya (नाव्य).—mfn.
(-vyaḥ-vyā-vyaṃ) 1. Navigable. 2. Belonging to a boat. n.
(-vyaṃ) Newness, novelty. E. nau a boat or vessel, and yat affix; or nava new, ṣyañ aff. nāvā tīryate asau, navasya bhāvaḥ vā .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNavya (नव्य).—i. e. nava + ya, adj. New, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 384.
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Nāvya (नाव्य).—i. e. nau + ya, adj. 1. Navigable, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 4, 31. 2. Accessible to a ship, Mahābhārata 3, 10027.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNavya (नव्य).—1. [adjective] = 1 nava.
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Navya (नव्य).—2. navya [adjective] to be sung or praised.
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Navya (नव्य).—[adjective] to be sung or praised.
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Nāvya (नाव्य).—[adjective] navigable; [neuter] & [feminine] ā river.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Navya (नव्य):—[from nava] 1. navya mf(ā)n. = vīya, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.
2) Navyā (नव्या):—[from navya > nava] f. (with strī) a newly-married woman
3) [v.s. ...] f. a red-flowered Punar-navā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) Navya (नव्य):—[from nava] 2. navya mfn. to be praised, laudable, [Ṛg-veda] (nava, [Atharva-veda ii, 5, 2]).
5) a 1. and 2 navya. See above.
6) Nāvya (नाव्य):—[from nāva] 1. nāvya [Nominal verb] [Parasmaipada] yati, to wish for a ship, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] 2. nāvya mf(ā)n. navigable, accessible by a boat or ship, [Atharva-veda; Mahābhārata] etc.
8) [v.s. ...] m. a shipman, sailor, [Āpastamba-gṛhya-sūtra]
9) Nāvyā (नाव्या):—[from nāvya > nāva] f. a navigable river, [Ṛg-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
10) Nāvya (नाव्य):—[from nāva] n. idem, [Kāśikā-vṛtti on Pāṇini 2-3, 18.]
11) 3. nāvya n. ([from] 1, nava) newness, s, novelty, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Navya (नव्य):—[(vyaḥ-vyā-vyaṃ) a.] New. m. Praise.
2) Nāvya (नाव्य):—[(vyaḥ-vyā-vyaṃ) a.] Navigable.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Navya (नव्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇavia, Ṇavva.
[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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryNavya (नव्य) [Also spelled navy]:—(a) new, novel, neo-; modern; recent; hence ~[tā] (nf).
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusNavya (ನವ್ಯ):—
1) [adjective] new; fresh.
2) [adjective] of recent times.
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Navya (ನವ್ಯ):—
1) [noun] the state of quality of being new or belonging or pertaining, concerning the recent or current time.
2) [noun] the modernist Kannaḍa literary movement that started in late 1950s countering the romantic literature.
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Nāvya (ನಾವ್ಯ):—
1) [adjective] that is to be conveyed using a boat or ship.
2) [adjective] that is fit to be lauded; laudable; praiseworthy.
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Nāvya (ನಾವ್ಯ):—
1) [noun] a body of water that cannot be crossed by wading, but by a boat.
2) [noun] the quality of being new or novel; newness; novelty.
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 Dictionary1) Navya (नव्य):—adj. 1. new; recent; modern; 2. adorable; honorable; respectable;
2) Nāvya (नाव्य):—adj. accessible by a boat/ship; navigable (as a river, etc.);
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)
Starts with (+25): Navya-umedica, Navyaci Punava, Navyaci-punava, Navyacyanem, Navyadharmapradipa, Navyadharmitavacchedakavadartha, Navyadharmitavachedakavadartha, Navyaka, Navyakavya, Navyakriti, Navyakshetrasamasa, Navyamata, Navyamatarahasya, Navyamatavada, Navyamatavadartha, Navyamatavicara, Navyams, Navyamuktivadatippani, Navyanadi, Navyanavasaca.
Ends with: Anavya, Bunghanavya, Hanavya, Manavya, Parihanavya, Saunavya, Tanavya, Vaishnavya.
Full-text (+82): Navva, Navyavat, Naviya, Navina, Shaktivada, Navyadharmitavacchedakavadartha, Navyase, Navyanirmana, Navyamatavada, Navyamatarahasya, Navyasa, Navyanadi, Navyamuktivadatippani, Navyamatavicara, Navyamatavadartha, Navyavardhamana, Navya-umedica, Tattvacintamani, Navyas, Navyams.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 4.61 < [Chapter 4 - First-rate Poetry]
Text 10.28 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 9.41 [snake diagram] < [Chapter 9 - Ornaments of Sound]
Nyaya-Vaisheshika categories (Study) (by Diptimani Goswami)
The Navya-Nyāya System < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Reality of Relation < [Chapter 6 - Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika theory of Relation]
Viśeṣaṇatā Sambandha (Attributive Relation) < [Chapter 6 - Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika theory of Relation]
The validity of Anumana (inference) in Nyaya system (by Babu C. D)
Chapter 4.3.6 - Navya Nyaya (f): Philosophers after Gangesha
Chapter 4.3 - Navya Nyaya (introduction)
Chapter 4.3.1 - Navya Nyaya (a): Tattva-Cintamani of Gangesopadhyaya
Women in the Atharva-veda Samhita (by Pranab Jyoti Kalita)
6. Goddess Āsurī < [Chapter 4 - Female Deities and the Glorification of Women in the Atharvaveda]
Sanskrit sources of Kerala history (by Suma Parappattoli)
Zamorin inscription (Peruvanam, 1758 AD) < [Chapter 1 - Historical details from Sanskrit Inscriptions]