Talavya, Tālavya: 13 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Talavy.
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Tālavya (तालव्य) refers to “palatal consonants” in Sanskrit grammar. It is a classification of consonants (vyañjana) according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 15.

Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Tālavya (तालव्य).—lit. produced from तालु (tālu) the part below the tongue; the vowel इ, चवर्ग, य (i, cavarga, ya) and श् (ś) are called तालव्य (tālavya), palatal letters; cf. इचशेयास्तालौ (icaśeyāstālau) V.Pr. I. 66. These letters are formed upon the palate by the middle part of the tongue; cf. R.Pr. 1.42, R.Pr. II.36.

Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Shiksha (linguistics: phonetics, phonology etc.)
Tālavya (तालव्य, “palatal”) refers to one of the five places of articulation (uccāraṇa).—According to Indian linguistic tradition (viz., śikṣā, ‘phonetics’, vyakaraṇa, ‘grammar’, nirukta, etymology’ and chandas, ‘prosody’.), the places of articulation (passive) are classified as five. They are, for example, tālavya.
Shiksha (शिक्षा, śikṣā) deals with Sanskrit linguistics and represents a branch of vedanga (vedic ancillary science). Shiksha deals with subjects such as phonetics, phonology, study of sound, letters of the Sanskrit alphabet and related topics. Much attention is also given to the study of recitation (patha) of Vedic verses.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
tālavya (तालव्य).—a (S) Palatal, uttered by aid of the palate.
tālavya (तालव्य).—a Palatal.
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
Tālavya (तालव्य).—a. Relating to the palate, palatal.
Tālavya (तालव्य).—[adjective] palatal.
1) Tālavya (तालव्य):—a See lu below.
2) [from tālu] b mfn. (cf. [Pāṇini 5-1, 6]) relating to the palate, [Suśruta iii, 8, 15]
3) [v.s. ...] palatal (the letters i, e and ai [called kaṇṭha-t, ‘belonging to throat and palate’ [Śikṣā]], c, ch, j, jh, ñ, y, ś), [Śikṣā; Ṛgveda-prātiśākhya; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā-prātiśākhya]
[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
Tālavya (तालव्य) [Also spelled talavy]:—(a) palatal (sound etc.).
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Kannada-English dictionary
Tālavya (ತಾಲವ್ಯ):—
1) [adjective] of the palate.
2) [adjective] (said of phonetic sounds) a) articulated with the part of the tongue just behind the tip raised against or near the hard palate, as the consonants (as ಇ, ಈ, ಚ, ಛ, ಜ, ಝ [i, i, ca, cha, ja, jha] etc.); palatal.
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Tālavya (ತಾಲವ್ಯ):—[noun] any phonetic sound (as ಇ, ಈ, ಚ, ಛ, ಜ, ಝ [i, i, ca, cha, ja, jha] etc.) articulated with the part of the tongue just behind the tip raised against or near the hard palate.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Tālavya (तालव्य):—adj. Phonol. palatal; articulated from the palate;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Talavyasvara, Talavyavarna.
Full-text: Kanthatalavya, Talavyavarna, Talavyasvara, Talvya, Talavy, Talavviyam, Talvya-varna, Bhra.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
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Some Important Shiksha Vedangas (study) (by Mala Laha)
Part 3 - Classification of Sanskrit Sound according to the places of articulation < [Chapter 2 - Yājñavalkya Śikṣā]
Part 3 - Study of letters according to Māṇḍūkī Śikṣā < [Chapter 5 - Māṇḍūkī Śikṣā]
Part 1 - Study of ‘varṇa’ or letters according to Varṇaratnapradīpikā Śikṣā < [Chapter 4 - Varṇaratnapradīpikā Śikṣā]
Brihaddevata attributed to Shaunaka (by Arthur Anthony Macdonell)
Part 23 - Deities of metres, Vedas, Vasatkara, Svahakrtis; The Svaras < [Chapter 8 - Deities of Rigveda X.98-191 (1-98); Conclusion (99-140)]
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Daily Life (2): Dress and Ornaments < [Chapter 3 - Social Aspects]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 365 < [Volume 2 (1872)]
International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
Clinical study on efficacy of madhuyashtyadi pratisaran in the management of oral tobacco toxicity due to tobacco addiction < [2017, Issue II February,]
Analysis of physiology of speech in ayurveda < [2019, Issue 3, March]