Ramaniyaka, Rāmaṇīyaka: 13 definitions
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Ramaniyaka 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Rāmaṇīyaka (रामणीयक).—The island called Ramaṇakam where the nāgas live. (See under Ramaṇaka).
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Ramaṇīyaka (रमणीयक) (also called Saumyā or Saṃpiṇḍitāgalitā) is the name of a catuṣpadi metre (as popularly employed by the Apabhraṃśa bards), as discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—Saumyā (Ramaṇīyaka) has 21 mātrās in each of its four lines, divided into the groups of 5, 5, 4, 4 and [IS] mātrās.—Saumyā is almost identical with the Galitaka of Kavidarpaṇa II.23 and Hemacandra (p. 30a).
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Rāmaṇīyaka (रामणीयक).—a. (-kī f.) Lovely, beautiful, pleasing.
-kam Loveliness, beauty; सर्वत्र दयिताधीनं सुव्यक्तं रामणीयकम् (sarvatra dayitādhīnaṃ suvyaktaṃ rāmaṇīyakam) Bhaṭṭikāvya 6.75; सा रामणीयकनिधेरधिदेवता वा (sā rāmaṇīyakanidheradhidevatā vā) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.21;9.47; तरुणीस्तन एव शोभते मणिहारावलिरामणीयकम् (taruṇīstana eva śobhate maṇihārāvalirāmaṇīyakam) N.2.44; Kirātārjunīya 1. 39;4.4.
Ramaṇīyaka (रमणीयक).—adj. (= rām°, q.v., and Sanskrit ramaṇīya), lovely, charming: Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 74.3 (prose), and Kashgar recension for ed. °ṇīya 75.4 (prose); Divyāvadāna 375.4 and 376.24 (prose); Udānavarga xxix.28 (18) (= Pali Dhammapada (Pali) 98, rāmaṇeyyaka); subst., lovely thing, mahā-°ka-samanvāgatāni Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 79.12.
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Rāmaṇīyaka (रामणीयक).—adj. (= ram°, q.v., and Pali rāma-ṇeyyaka), lovely, charming: krīḍanakāni °yakāni Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 160.12 (prose).
Rāmaṇīyaka (रामणीयक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) Beautiful, pleasing. E. ramaṇīya the same, and vuñ aff.
Rāmaṇīyaka (रामणीयक).—[neuter] loveliness, beauty.
1) Ramaṇīyaka (रमणीयक):—[from ram] m. or n. (?) Name of an island, [Suparṇādhyāya]
2) [v.s. ...] [wrong reading] for rāmaṇīyaka q.v.
3) Rāmaṇīyaka (रामणीयक):—[from rāma] n. ([from] ramaṇīya) loveliness, charm, beauty, [Kāvya literature]
4) [v.s. ...] m. or n. Name of a Dvīpa, [Mahābhārata]
5) [v.s. ...] mfn. = ramaṇīya, lovely, beautiful, pleasing, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Rāmaṇīyaka (रामणीयक):—[(kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a.] Beautiful, pleasing. n. Pleasing.
Ramaṇīyaka (रमणीयक):—n. Anmuth, Schönheit [Śākuntala 11, 19, v. l.] fehlerhaft für rāmaṇīyaka .
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Rāmaṇīyaka (रामणीयक):—(von ramaṇīya)
1) n. Lieblichkeit, Schönheit [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 1, 132,] [Scholiast] [Chezy’s Ausgabe des Śākuntala 120, 8.] [MĀLATĪM. 14, 1.] [Kirātārjunīya 1, 39.] [NĀGĀN. 5, 12.] angeblich auch adj. = ramaṇīya Comm. zu [Amarakoṣa 3, 2, 2.] —
2) Nomen proprium eines Dvīpa [Mahābhārata 1, 1303.]
Ramaṇīyaka (रमणीयक):——
1) Nomen proprium einer Insel [Suparṇādhya 7,2.] —
2) n. fehlerhaft für rāmaṇīyaka.
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Rāmaṇīyaka (रामणीयक):——
1) n. Lieblichkeit , Schönheit [Bālarāmāyaṇa 21,3.] [Jayadeva's Prasannarāghava 30,13.] [Naiṣadhacarita 5,65.] —
2) m. oder n. Nomen proprium eines Dvīpa. —
3) *Adj. = ramaṇīya.
Rāmaṇīyaka (रामणीयक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Rāmaṇijjaa.
Ramaṇīyaka (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 可愛樂 [kě ài lè]: “delightful”.
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
Rāmaṇīyaka (ರಾಮಣೀಯಕ):—[adjective] lovely; beautiful; pleasing.
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Rāmaṇīyaka (ರಾಮಣೀಯಕ):—[noun] loveliness; charm; beauty.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+0): Ramaniyakadvipa.
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