Rahitya, Rāhitya: 9 definitions
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Rahitya 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Rahity.
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Marathi-English dictionary
rāhitya (राहित्य).—n S The state of wanting or of being without, destituteness, wantingness. See rahita. Mostly in comp. as dravyarāhitya jalarāhitya, jñāna- rāhitya.
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
Rāhitya (राहित्य).—Being without any thing, destitution; destituteness.
Derivable forms: rāhityam (राहित्यम्).
Rāhitya (राहित्य).—n.
(-tyaṃ) The being without anything, distitution.
Rāhitya (राहित्य).—[neuter] the being without (—°).
Rāhitya (राहित्य):—n. ([from] rahita ifc.) destituteness, non-possession, the being destitute of or free from or without, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]
Rāhitya (राहित्य):—(von rahita) n. am Ende eines comp. das ohne-Etwas-Sein, Nichthaben [Sāhityadarpana 243, 6. 282, 18.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 144, 22.]
Rāhitya (राहित्य):—n. das Ohne-Sein , Nichthaben.
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
Rāhitya (राहित्य) [Also spelled rahity]:—(nm) want; absence, the state or condition of being devoid/bereft of.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Rāhitya (ರಾಹಿತ್ಯ):—[noun] (chiefly in comp.) the fact of being without; lack; absence.
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: Gunarahitya, Rahity.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
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