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Turyya 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryTuryya (तुर्य्य) or Turya.—mfn.
(-ryaḥ-ryā-ryaṃ) Fourth. E. irr. derived from catur four, with yat aff.
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Tūryya (तूर्य्य) or Tūrya.—mfn.
(-ryaḥ-ryā ryaṃ) Fourth: see turya. n.
(-ryaṃ) Any musical instrument, the genus of which four species are reckoned, as wind instruments, stringed instruments, &c. E. catur four, yat deriv. irr.
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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Starts with: Turyyakhanda.
Ends with: Acaturyya, Achaturyya, Bhaktaturyya, Caturyya, Chaturyya, Gandhaturyya, Mallaturyya, Mrityuturyya, Pratipatturyya, Ranaturyya, Shabdacaturyya, Shabdachaturyya.
Full-text: Turya.
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Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter XXXIV - Sermon of siva on the same subject < [Book VI - Nirvana prakarana part 1 (nirvana prakarana)]
Shukra Niti by Shukracharya (by Benoy Kumar Sarkar)