Shabdayate, Śabdāyate: 1 definition

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The Sanskrit term Śabdāyate can be transliterated into English as Sabdayate or Shabdayate, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śabdāyate (शब्दायते).—Den. Ā.

1) To make a noise, sound; शब्दायन्ते मधुरमनिलैः कीचकाः पूर्यमाणाः (śabdāyante madhuramanilaiḥ kīcakāḥ pūryamāṇāḥ) Meghadūta 58.

2) To cry, roar, scream, yell; शब्दायमानमव्यात्सीत् भयदं क्षणदाचरम् (śabdāyamānamavyātsīt bhayadaṃ kṣaṇadācaram)> Bhaṭṭikāvya 5. 52;17.91.

3) To call, call out to; एते हस्तिनापुरगामिन ऋषयः शब्दायन्ते (ete hastināpuragāmina ṛṣayaḥ śabdāyante) Ś.4; Mu.1; भवतु शब्दायिष्ये तावत् (bhavatu śabdāyiṣye tāvat) Ve.3; Mṛcchakaṭika 1.

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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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