Shabdartha, Śabdārtha, Shabda-artha: 13 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śabdārtha can be transliterated into English as Sabdartha or Shabdartha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shabdarth.
In Hinduism
Mīmāṃsā (school of philosophy)
Śabdārtha (शब्दार्थ, “literal sense”) refers to a specific level of meaning of the sacred texts.—Śabdārtha “the literal sense” example: all the Gods and Goddesses mentioned in the Veda can be accepted as they are—as polytheistic deities living in heaven and accepting the sacrifices offered to them.
Mimamsa (मीमांसा, mīmāṃsā) refers to one of the six orthodox Hindu schools of philosophy, emphasizing the nature of dharma and the philosophy of language. The literature in this school is also known for its in-depth study of ritual actions and social duties.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Śabdārtha (शब्दार्थ) refers to “grammarians”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 16) (“On the planets—graha-bhaktiyoga”), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “[...] Jupiter also presides over elephants, horses, priests, rulers, ministers, marriages and health; over mercy, truthfulness, cleanliness, religious observances; over learning, gifts and charity; over citizens, rich men, grammarians (śabdārtha), Vedic students, sorcerers, lawyers, the ensigns of royalty—the umbrella, the flag-staff, the Cāmara and the like; over Śaileyaka, Mānsī, Tagara, Kuṣṭha, quicksilver, salt, beans, sweet flavour, wax and Coraka”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
śabdārtha (शब्दार्थ).—m (S) The sense or meaning of a word; the verbal or exact import.
śabdārtha (शब्दार्थ).—m The sense or meaning of a word.
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
Śabdārtha (शब्दार्थ).—the meaning of a word.
-rthau dual) a word and its meaning; अदोषौ शब्दार्थौ (adoṣau śabdārthau) K.P.1; न त्वयं शब्दार्थः, व्यामोहादेषा प्रतीतिः (na tvayaṃ śabdārthaḥ, vyāmohādeṣā pratītiḥ) ŚB. on MS.4.1.14.
Derivable forms: śabdārthaḥ (शब्दार्थः).
Śabdārtha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śabda and artha (अर्थ).
Śabdārtha (शब्दार्थ).—m.
(-rthaḥ) 1. The sense or meaning of words. 2. Words and sense. E. śabda, artha sense.
Śabdārtha (शब्दार्थ).—[masculine] the meaning of sounds or of a word; [dual] word and sense.
1) Śabdārtha (शब्दार्थ):—[from śabda > śabd] m. ([dual number]) sound (or word) and sense, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa] (cf. artha-śabdau [gana] rāja-dantādi)
2) [v.s. ...] the nature or meaning of sounds, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā-prātiśākhya]
3) [v.s. ...] the meaning of a word (See śabdaśabdārtha-mañjūṣā)
4) [v.s. ...] sense or meaning of oral tradition (as a source of knowledge; cf. [compound])
Śabdārtha (शब्दार्थ):—[śabdā+rtha] (rthaḥ) 1. m. Meaning of a word; word and meaning.
[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.
Hindi dictionary
Śabdārtha (शब्दार्थ) [Also spelled shabdarth]:—(nm) the literal meaning; -[vijñāna/śāstra] semasiology, semantics.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Śabdārtha (ಶಬ್ದಾರ್ಥ):—[noun] the meaning or signification of words; the nature and meaning of sounds.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Śabdārtha (शब्दार्थ):—n. meaning of a word; words-meaning;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Shabda, Artha.
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