Priyavadin, Priyavādin, Priya-vadin: 8 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Priyavādin (प्रियवादिन्).—a. speaking kind or pleasing words, a flatterer; सुलभाः पुरुषा राजन् सततं प्रियवादिनः (sulabhāḥ puruṣā rājan satataṃ priyavādinaḥ) Rām.

- a kind of bird. (Mar. mainā, sāḷuṃkhī).

Priyavādin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms priya and vādin (वादिन्).

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

Priyavādin (प्रियवादिन्).—mfn. (-dī-dinī-di) Sweet or pleasant spoken, flattering, a flatterer. E. priya kind, vādin who speaks.

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

Priyavādin (प्रियवादिन्).—adj. speaking agreeably, as one wishes, [Pañcatantra] ii. [distich] 171; [Hitopadeśa] pr. [distich] 19, M.M. Brahmavādin, i. e.

Priyavādin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms priya and vādin (वादिन्).

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

1) Priyavādin (प्रियवादिन्):—[=priya-vādin] [from priya > prī] mfn. speaking kindly or agreeably, flattering, a flatterer, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc. (di-tā f., [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa])

2) [v.s. ...] m. ([Caraka]) or (inī) f. ([cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) a kind of bird, Gracula Religiosa.

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

Priyavādin (प्रियवादिन्):—[priya-vādin] (dī-dinī-di) a. Sweetly speaking, flattering.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Priyavādin (प्रियवादिन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Piaṃvāi.

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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.

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