Savala, Savaḷā, Savalā, Shavala, Śavala: 12 definitions

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Savala means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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.

The Sanskrit terms Savaḷā and Śavala can be transliterated into English as Savala or Savalia or Shavala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Shaval.

In Hinduism

Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)

Source: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics

Śavala (शवल) [=śabala?] or Śavalaka refers to the “spotted color” which were used as symbols for the unknowns, according to the principles of Bījagaṇita (“algebra” or ‘science of calculation’), according to Gaṇita-śāstra, ancient Indian mathematics and astronomy.—Āryabhaṭa I (499) very probably used coloured shots to represent unknowns. Brahmagupta (628) in the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta mentions varṇa as the symbols of unknowns. As he has not attempted in any way to explain this method of symbolism, it appears that the method was already very familiar. [...] In the case of more unknowns, it is usual to denote the first yāvattāvat and the remaining ones by alphabets or colours [e.g., śavala].—Cf. Pṛthūdakasvāmī (860) in his commentary on the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta by Brahmagupta (628) and Bhāskara II in the Bījagaṇita.

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Ganitashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, gaṇitaśāstra) 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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

savaḷā (सवळा).—a Properly sōvaḷā.

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savāla (सवाल).—m ( A) A question, inquiry, interrogation.

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savāla (सवाल).—m ( A) The tenth month of the Muhammadan year.

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sāvaḷa (सावळ).—n f C A large branch of a Palm generally (i.e. of māḍa, tāḍa, suramāḍa, or phōphaḷa).

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sāvaḷā (सावळा) [or सांवळा, sāṃvaḷā].—a (śyāmala S) Of light complexion, fair. 2 Red deeply tinctured with blue, purple.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

savāla (सवाल).—m A question, interrogation.

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sāvaḷā (सावळा).—a Of light complexion, fair; purple.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śavala (शवल).—See शबर, शबल (śabara, śabala).

See also (synonyms): śavara.

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

Śavala (शवल).—mfn.

(-laḥ-lā-laṃ) 1. Variegated, of a variegated colour. 2. Imitative. 3. Articulate. 4. Divided into various parts. m.

(-laḥ) A variegated colour. f. (-lā-lī) 1. A brindled cow. 2. The cow of plenty, Kamadhenu. n. (-la) 1. Water 2. A religious observance peculiar to the Baud'dhas. E. śav to alter, kalan aff, and pa changed to va .

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

Śavala (शवल).—I. adj. 1. Variegated, of a variegated colour, [Mālatīmādhava, (ed. Calc.)] 145, 12; grown or yellow, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 109 (cf. Wilson, Spec. of the Theatre of the Hind. 2. ed. i. 250, n.). 2. Imitative. 3. Articulated, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 68 (divided, viz. by rivers). Ii. f. . 1. A brindled cow. 2. The cow of plenty, Vaśiṣṭha’s cow, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 52, 21. Iii. n. Water.

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

Savala (सवल):—See śabala and 3. savana.

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

Śavala (शवल):—[(laḥ-lā-laṃ) m.] A variegated colour. a. Variegated; imitative; articulate. 1. f. () Brindled cow; cow of plenty. m. Water; a religious observance.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Śavalā (शवला) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Savvalā.

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Savala 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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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Śavala (शवल) [Also spelled shaval]:—(nm) see [śabala; ~lita] see [śabalita].

2) Savāla (सवाल) [Also spelled saval]:—(nm) a question, query; an exercise/problem (in Mathematics); demand; -[javāba] question and answer; ~[nāmā] questionnaire; —[karanā] to (put a) question; to put forth a demand; —[kucha javāba kucha, dīgara javāba dīgara] the answer to be beside the question; [savāloṃ kī jhaḍī lagānā] to put one question after another in quick succession.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Savaḷa (ಸವಳ):—[noun] a weapon, consisting of a long wooden or metal shaft having a pointed end, used to throw at or thrust; a spear; (?).

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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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