Tarkavidya, Tarkavidyā, Tarka-vidya: 9 definitions
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Tarkavidya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Tarkvidhay.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarytarkavidyā (तर्कविद्या).—f (S) The science of logic. 2 Acuteness in reasoning or at conjecture.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryTarkavidyā (तर्कविद्या).—logic; philosophical treatise.
Tarkavidyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tarka and vidyā (विद्या).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryTarkavidyā (तर्कविद्या).—f.
(-dyā) The science of reasoning or logic. E. tarka as above, and vidyā knowledge.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryTarkavidyā (तर्कविद्या).—f. the science of reasoning or logic, [Prabodhacandrodaya, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 105, 8.
Tarkavidyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tarka and vidyā (विद्या).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryTarkavidyā (तर्कविद्या):—[=tarka-vidyā] [from tarka > tark] f. ‘science of reasoning’, a manual of logic, philosophical treatise, [Mahābhārata xiii, 2195; Prabodha-candrodaya]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryTarkavidyā (तर्कविद्या):—[tarka-vidyā] (dyā) 1. f. The science of reasoning; logic.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryTarkavidyā (तर्कविद्या) [Also spelled tarkvidhay]:—(nf) (the science of) Logic.
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Partial matches: Vidya, Tarka.
Full-text: Tarkvidhay, Rajaniti, Nyayasutra, Anvikshiki.
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