Shabdacaturya, Śabdacāturya, Shabda-caturya: 4 definitions

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Shabdacaturya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 term Śabdacāturya can be transliterated into English as Sabdacaturya or Shabdacaturya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Shabdachaturya.

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Shabdacaturya in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śabdacāturya (शब्दचातुर्य).—n (S) Skill in the management of words; cleverness of expression or diction; elocution, eloquence, facundity.

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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

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

Śabdacāturya (शब्दचातुर्य).—cleverness of style, eloquence.

Derivable forms: śabdacāturyam (शब्दचातुर्यम्).

Śabdacāturya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śabda and cāturya (चातुर्य).

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

Śabdacāturya (शब्दचातुर्य) or Śabdacāturyya.—n.

(-ryaṃ) Cleverness of diction.

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

Śabdacāturya (शब्दचातुर्य):—[=śabda-cāturya] [from śabda > śabd] n. skill in words, cleverness of diction, eloquence, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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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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