Samkhyana, Saṅkhyāna, Saṃkhyāna, Sankhyana: 13 definitions
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In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Saṃkhyāna (संख्यान).—Enumeration; statement; cf. एकाजनेकाज्ग्रहणेषु चावृत्तिसंख्यानादनेकाच्त्वं भविष्यति (ekājanekājgrahaṇeṣu cāvṛttisaṃkhyānādanekāctvaṃ bhaviṣyati), M.Bh. on Sivasutra l Vart. 10.
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Saṃkhyāna (संख्यान) refers to one of the six pratyayas mentioned in the Chandomañjarī 1.14.—The pratyayas are the cause of expansion of metres (chandas). Generally six pratyayas are found in Sanskrit prosody (e.g., Saṃkhyāna). But Mitrānanda advocates about nine types of pratyayas.
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.
Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)
Saṃkhyāna (संख्यान) refers to the “science of numbers”.—Importance to the culture of gaṇita (mathematics) is also given by the Jainas. Their religious literature is generally classified into four branches, called anuyoga (“exposition of principles”). One of them is gaṇitānuyoga (“the exposition of the principles of mathematics”). The knowledge of saṃkhyāna (literally, “the science of numbers”, meaning arithmetic and astronomy) is stated to be one of the principal accomplishments of the Jaina priest. In Buddhist literature too, arithmetic (gaṇanā, saṃkhyāna) is regarded as the first and the noblest of the arts. All these will give a fair idea of the importance and value set upon the culture of gaṇita in ancient India.
Ganita (गणित) or Ganitashastra refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Saṅkhyāna (सङ्ख्यान).—n S Numbering, counting.
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
Saṃkhyāna (संख्यान).—
1) Numbering, calculation; प्रतिषेद्धा च दोग्धा च संख्याने कुशलो गवाम् (pratiṣeddhā ca dogdhā ca saṃkhyāne kuśalo gavām) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 4.3.8; मिथ्यावादी च संख्याने (mithyāvādī ca saṃkhyāne) Ms. 8.4.
2) Becoming seen, appearance; ओं नमो भगवते महापुरुषाय सर्वगुणसंख्यानाय (oṃ namo bhagavate mahāpuruṣāya sarvaguṇasaṃkhyānāya) Bhāgavata 5.17.17.
Derivable forms: saṃkhyānam (संख्यानम्).
Saṅkhyāna (सङ्ख्यान).—n.
(-naṃ) Numbering, numeration, reckoning. E. sam before khyā to tell, aff. lyuṭ .
Saṃkhyāna (संख्यान).—i. e. sam-khyā + ana, n. 1. Numbering, enumeration, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 400. 2. Reckoning.
Saṃkhyāna (संख्यान).—[neuter] appearing, springing up; reckoning up, numbering, calculation.
1) Saṃkhyāna (संख्यान):—[=saṃ-khyāna] [from saṃ-khyāta > saṃ-khyā] n. becoming seen, appearance, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] reckoning up, enumeration, calculation, [Kāṭhaka; ???; Mahābhārata] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] a number, multitude, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]
4) [v.s. ...] measurement, [Harivaṃśa; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
Saṅkhyāna (सङ्ख्यान):—[sa-ṅkhyāna] (naṃ) 1. n. Numbering, numeration.
Saṃkhyāna (संख्यान):—(von khyā mit sam) n.
1) das Erscheinen, zum Vorschein Kommen: sarvaguṇa adj. [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 17, 17.] —
2) das Zählen, Zählung, Aufzählung [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 4, 2, 13. 8, 13.] [Kāṭhaka-Recension 36, 2.] [LĀṬY. 6, 1, 5.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā] [Prātiśākhya 1,] [?48.Comm. su 59. DHĀTUP. 35, 3. Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 400. Mahābhārata 1, 514. 516. 3, 2814. 2833. 4, 67. Suśruta 1, 337, 10.] guṇa [Bhagavadgītā 18, 19.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 24, 10. 8, 16, 30. 10, 90, 42. 11, 16, 39. 22, 23.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 426.] [Oxforder Handschriften 8], a, [?30. Kāśikīvṛtti zu Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 4, 17.] —
3) das Ausmessen, Berechnung: jambudvīpasya [Harivaṃśa 11450.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 49, 40.] kāla [Mahābhārata 12, 10012.] —
4) [Mahābhārata 14, 1905] schlechte Lesart für saṃsthāna, welches [Nīlakaṇṭha] erwähnt.
Saṃkhyāna (संख्यान) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Saṃkhāṇa.
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
Saṃkhyāna (ಸಂಖ್ಯಾನ):—
1) [noun] the act or process of counting, reckoning or enumerting.
2) [noun] a noun that denotes a number.
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)
Partial matches: Khyana, Sam, Cam, Can, Shan.
Starts with: Samkhyanaman.
Full-text (+3): Prasankhyana, Pratisamkhyana, Upasamkhyana, Parisamkhyana, Tattvasamkhyana, Gunasamkhyana, Yugalisankhyana, Shankhana, Prasamkhyanapara, Parisankhyana, Sankhyata, Vavacana, Aupasamkhyanika, Caturvarnyadi, Dashaprakarana, Anuyoga, Ganitanuyoga, Pratyaya, Purana, Lipi.
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Cidgaganacandrika (study) (by S. Mahalakshmi)
Verse 15 [External Manifestations of Bhavāni] < [Chapter 1 - First Vimarśa]
Verse 219 [Kālana meaning and sense] < [Chapter 4 - Fourth Vimarśa]
Verse 311 [Discussion of only two aspects in Cidgaganacandrikā] < [Chapter 4 - Fourth Vimarśa]
Narada Purana (English translation) (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 57 - The Description of Prosody (Candas) < [Part 2 - Pūrva-bhāga: Dvitīya-pāda]
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Page 428 < [Bengali-Hindi-English, Volume 2]
Page 519 < [Hindi-Bengali-English Volume 1]
Page 598 < [English-Gujarati-Hindi (1 volume)]
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Ganitatilaka (Sanskrit text and English introduction) (by H. R. Kapadia)
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