Samudrayana, Samudrayāna, Samudra-yana: 6 definitions

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Samudrayana 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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Samudrayana in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Samudrayāna (समुद्रयान).—

1) a sea-voyage.

2) a vessel, ship, boat; समुद्रयानकुशला देशकालार्थदर्शिनः । स्थापयन्ति तु यां वृद्धिम् (samudrayānakuśalā deśakālārthadarśinaḥ | sthāpayanti tu yāṃ vṛddhim) ... Manusmṛti 8.157.

Derivable forms: samudrayānam (समुद्रयानम्).

Samudrayāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms samudra and yāna (यान).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Samudrayāna (समुद्रयान).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. A sea-voyage. 2. A vessel, a ship. E. samudra, yāna going.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Samudrayāna (समुद्रयान):—[=sam-udra-yāna] [from sam-udra > sam-ud] n. idem, [Manu-smṛti viii, 157]

2) [v.s. ...] a vessel, ship, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

3) Samudrāyaṇa (समुद्रायण):—[from sam-udra > sam-ud] mf(ā)n. flowing to the sea, [Praśna-upaniṣad]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Samudrayāna (समुद्रयान):—[samudra-yāna] (naṃ) 1. n. A sea voyage.

[Sanskrit to German]

Samudrayana in German

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Samudrayana in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Samudrayāna (ಸಮುದ್ರಯಾನ):—[noun] a relatively long journey or passage by water; voyage.

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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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