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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Sāvarṇya (सावर्ण्य).—The quality of being cognate or allied; see the word सवर्ण (savarṇa) above.

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

sāvarṇya (सावर्ण्य).—n S Sameness of color: also sameness of class or of caste or tribe.

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

sāvarṇya (सावर्ण्य).—n Sameness of colour, of caste or class.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sāvarṇya (सावर्ण्य).—

1) Sameness of colour.

2) Identity of class or caste.

3) The age or Manvantara presided over by the eighth Manu.

Derivable forms: sāvarṇyam (सावर्ण्यम्).

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

Sāvarṇya (सावर्ण्य).—n.

(-rṇyaṃ) 1. Identity of caste, class, &c. 2. Sameness of colour. 3. The age presided over by the eighth Manu. E. savarṇa, and ṣyañ aff.

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

Sāvarṇya (सावर्ण्य).—i. e. sa-varna + ya, n. Identity of caste.

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

1) Sāvarṇya (सावर्ण्य):—[from sāvarṇa] mfn. relating to Manu Sāvarṇa or Sāvarṇi, [Catalogue(s)]

2) [v.s. ...] m. Patr. [from] sa-varṇa, [Ṛg-veda]

3) [v.s. ...] the eighth Manu (= sāvarṇi), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

4) [v.s. ...] n. identity of colour, [Suśruta]

5) [v.s. ...] identity of caste or class, [Horace H. Wilson]

6) [v.s. ...] homogeneousness (of sounds), [Pāṇini 1-1, 69 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

7) [v.s. ...] the Manv-antara presided over by the eighth Manu, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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

Sāvarṇya (सावर्ण्य):—(rṇyaṃ) 1. n. Sameness of caste.

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

Sāvarṇya (सावर्ण्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Savaṇya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Savarnya 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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Full-text: Savanya, Anudicchastra, Data, Prayatna, Manu, Savarna.

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The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)

Chapter 7 - The Branches of the Atharva Veda: Characteristics of the Purāṇas < [Book 12 - Twelfth Skandha]

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The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)

Chapter 12 - The race of Agni < [Section 2 - Anuṣaṅga-pāda]

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The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)

Chapter 7 - Description of Manu Periods < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]

Chapter 8 - Description of the Solar Race (Ādityavaṃśa or Sūryavaṃśa) < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]

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