Ranapandita, Raṇapaṇḍita, Rana-pandita: 6 definitions
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Ranapandita means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryraṇapaṇḍita (रणपंडित).—m (S) A battle-scholar or paṇḍita, one who wields his sword more skilfully than his pen or tongue.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishraṇapaṇḍita (रणपंडित).—m A battle scholar-one who wields his word more skilfully than his pen or tongue.
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 dictionaryRaṇapaṇḍita (रणपण्डित).—
1) a warrior.
2) a. skilled in warfare; अभीषयन्त ये शकं राक्षसा रणपण्डिताः (abhīṣayanta ye śakaṃ rākṣasā raṇapaṇḍitāḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 8.42.
Derivable forms: raṇapaṇḍitaḥ (रणपण्डितः).
Raṇapaṇḍita is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms raṇa and paṇḍita (पण्डित).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryRaṇapaṇḍita (रणपण्डित).—m.
(-taḥ) A warrior. E. raṇa, and paṇḍita learned.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryRaṇapaṇḍita (रणपण्डित):—[=raṇa-paṇḍita] [from raṇa > ran] m. ‘skilled in battle’, a warrior, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryRaṇapaṇḍita (रणपण्डित):—[raṇa-paṇḍita] (taḥ) 1. m. A warrior.
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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