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Kavya (poetry)

Source: OpenEdition books: Vividhatīrthakalpaḥ (Kāvya)

Patāyalu (पतायलु) in Sanskrit is mentioned in the Vividhatīrthakalpa by Jinaprabhasūri (13th century A.D.): an ancient text devoted to various Jaina holy places (tīrthas).—Cf. 5.5 -ālu.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Patayālu (पतयालु).—a. Tending or prone to fall, liable to fall.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Patayālu (पतयालु).—mfn. (-luḥ-luḥ-lu) Falling, liable or accustomed to fall. E. pat to go, &c. in the causal form, āluc aff. tatparyudānena na ṇi lopaḥ .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Patayālu (पतयालु).—[adjective] flying.

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

Patayālu (पतयालु):—[from pat] mf(ū)n. ([from] [Causal]) flying, falling, liable to fall, [Atharva-veda] (cf. [Pāṇini 3-2, 158]).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Patayālu (पतयालु):—[(luḥ-luḥ-lu) a.] Falling, liable or accustomed to fall.

[Sanskrit to German]

Patayalu 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

Patayālu (ಪತಯಾಲು):—

1) [noun] a jumping or leaping.

2) [noun] a coming or falling down.

3) [noun] a man who falls down; a man in the process of losing his status, dignity, etc.

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Patayāḷu (ಪತಯಾಳು):—[noun] = ಪತಯಾಲು [patayalu].

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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: Patuka.

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