Sudhanvacarya, Sudhanvācārya: 3 definitions
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Sudhanvacarya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySudhanvācārya (सुधन्वाचार्य).—The son of an outcast Vaiśya by a woman of the same class; वैश्यात्तु जायते व्रात्यात् सुधन्वाचार्य एव च (vaiśyāttu jāyate vrātyāt sudhanvācārya eva ca) Manusmṛti 1.23.
Derivable forms: sudhanvācāryaḥ (सुधन्वाचार्यः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySudhanvācārya (सुधन्वाचार्य) or Sudhanvācāryya.—m.
(-ryaḥ) The son of an outcaste Vaiśya by a woman of the same class.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Sudhanvācārya (सुधन्वाचार्य):—[=su-dhanvācārya] [from su-dhanvan > su > su-tanaya] m. a [particular] mixed caste (= sudhanvan), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. [Manu-smṛti x, 23])
2) [v.s. ...] a worshipper of Īśāna id est. Śiva, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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Partial matches: Dhanvacarya, Cu, Shu.
Full-text: Sudhanvacaryya, Sudhanvan.
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