Samvyana, Saṃvyāna: 8 definitions
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Samvyana 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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySaṃvyāna (संव्यान).—
1) Covering, wrapping.
2) Cloth, vesture, garment.
3) An upper garment; संव्यानानामन्तकान्तःपुरस्य (saṃvyānānāmantakāntaḥpurasya) Śiśupālavadha 18.69.
Derivable forms: saṃvyānam (संव्यानम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySaṃvyāna (संव्यान).—n.
(-naṃ) 1. An upper-garment. 2. Cloth, clothes, vesture. 3. Covering. E. sam completely, ṣyeñ to cover, aff. lyuṭ .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySaṃvyāna (संव्यान).—i. e. sam-vye + ana, n. 1. Cloth, vesture. 2. Covering. 3. An upper garment, [Kirātārjunīya] 4, 28.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySaṃvyāna (संव्यान).—[neuter] cloth, cover, mantle.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySaṃvyāna (संव्यान):—[=saṃ-vyāna] [from saṃ-vye] n. a cover, wrapper, cloth, garment, ([especially]) upper g°, [Śiśupāla-vadha; Bhaṭṭi-kāvya; Hemacandra’s Pariśiṣṭaparvan] : covering, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySaṃvyāna (संव्यान):—[saṃ-vyāna] (naṃ) 1. n. An upper garment; cloth; covering.
[Sanskrit to German]
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
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusSaṃvyāna (ಸಂವ್ಯಾನ):—
1) [noun] the act of covering, enveloping (completely).
2) [noun] a wearing apparel; garments; clothes.
3) [noun] a loose, unsewn cloth used for covering upper portion of the body.
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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