Sainapatya, Saināpatya: 11 definitions
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarysaināpatya (सैनापत्य) [or सैनाधिपत्य, sainādhipatya].—n S The office or functions of sēnāpati (generalissimo or general); the command of an army.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishsaināpatya (सैनापत्य).—n The office of sēnāpati.
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 dictionarySaināpatya (सैनापत्य).—The command of an army, generalship; तस्यात्मा शितिकण्ठस्य सैनापत्यमुपेत्य वः (tasyātmā śitikaṇṭhasya saināpatyamupetya vaḥ) Kumārasambhava 2.61.
Derivable forms: saināpatyam (सैनापत्यम्).
See also (synonyms): sainānya.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySaināpatya (सैनापत्य).—n.
(-tyaṃ) The command of an army, the dignity or duty of a general. E. senāpati a general, ṣyañ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySaināpatya (सैनापत्य).—i. e. senā-pati + ya, n. The command of an army, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 12, 100; generalship, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 161.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySaināpatya (सैनापत्य).—[neuter] commandership.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySaināpatya (सैनापत्य):—[from sainaka] n. ([from] senā-pati) idem, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySaināpatya (सैनापत्य):—[sainā-patya] (tyaṃ) 1. n. The command of an army.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Saināpatya (सैनापत्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Seṇābacca.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionarySaināpatya (सैनापत्य):—(a) pertaining to the commander of an army; (nm) commandership.
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