Vadyakara, Vādyakara, Vadya-kara: 5 definitions
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Vadyakara 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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Sanskrit dictionary
Vādyakara (वाद्यकर).—a musician.
Derivable forms: vādyakaraḥ (वाद्यकरः).
Vādyakara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vādya and kara (कर). See also (synonyms): vādyadhara.
Vādyakāra (वाद्यकार).—or °kara (Sanskrit once vādyakāra = vādyaśilpajña, Schmidt, Nachträge), a player on a musical instrument: read bahu °kārā or °kārā, n. pl., after a list of players of various instruments, Mahāvastu iii.113.5 (mss. °kānāṃ; Senart em. °kā ca); 442.11 (Senart °karā, mss. °karo).
Vādyakara (वाद्यकर).—m.
(-raḥ) A musician.
Vādyakara (वाद्यकर):—[=vādya-kara] [from vādya > vāda] ([Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]) m. ‘performer on a mus° inst°’, a musician.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Vādyakāra (ವಾದ್ಯಕಾರ):—[noun] a man who plays music on a musical instrument.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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