Svarapattana, Svara-pattana: 5 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Svarapattana (स्वरपत्तन).—Name of the Sāma-veda.

Derivable forms: svarapattanam (स्वरपत्तनम्).

Svarapattana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms svara and pattana (पत्तन).

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

Svarapattana (स्वरपत्तन).—n.

(-naṃ) The Sama-Veda. E. svara an accent, pattana a city: this Veda is chanted according to a peculiar rhythum, and the efficacy of its prayers depends chiefly on their accurate accentuation.

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

Svarapattana (स्वरपत्तन):—[=svara-pattana] [from svara > svṛ] n. ‘abode of accents’, Name of the Sāmaveda.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Svarapattana (स्वरपत्तन):—[svara-pattana] (naṃ) 1. n. The Sāma Veda.

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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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