Shabdashuddhi, Śabdaśuddhi, Shabda-shuddhi: 3 definitions

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Shabdashuddhi 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 Śabdaśuddhi can be transliterated into English as Sabdasuddhi or Shabdashuddhi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

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

śabdaśuddhi (शब्दशुद्धि).—f (S) Grammatical or verbal accuracy; correct application of words: also correctness of words. 2 Correction of words, phraseology, or diction.

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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»] — Shabdashuddhi in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śabdaśuddhi (शब्दशुद्धि).—f.

1) purity of words.

2) the correct use of words.

Derivable forms: śabdaśuddhiḥ (शब्दशुद्धिः).

Śabdaśuddhi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śabda and śuddhi (शुद्धि).

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

Śabdaśuddhi (शब्दशुद्धि):—[=śabda-śuddhi] [from śabda > śabd] f. ‘purity of language’, Name of the 5th [chapter] of Vāmana’s Kāvyālaṃkāra-vṛtti

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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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