Vailakshanya, Vailakṣaṇya: 9 definitions
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Vailakshanya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
The Sanskrit term Vailakṣaṇya can be transliterated into English as Vailaksanya or Vailakshanya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryvailakṣaṇya (वैलक्षण्य).—n S Extraordinariness, strangeness, oddness, novelness; quality devious from the quality or character of the common order or course. 2 Difference, variation, otherness.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishvailakṣaṇya (वैलक्षण्य).—n Strangeness and oddness.
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 dictionaryVailakṣaṇya (वैलक्षण्य).—[vilakṣaṇasya bhāvaḥ ṣyañ]
1) Strangeness.
2) Contrariety, opposition.
3) Difference, disparity.
Derivable forms: vailakṣaṇyam (वैलक्षण्यम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVailakṣaṇya (वैलक्षण्य).—n.
(-ṇyaṃ) Difference, contrariety. E. vilakṣaṇa, and ṣyañ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVailakṣaṇya (वैलक्षण्य).—[neuter] diversity, unequality.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vailakṣaṇya (वैलक्षण्य):—n. ([from] vi-lakṣaṇa) difference, disparity, diverseness (often ifc.; pūrvokta-vailakṣaṇyena, in opposition to what was before stated), [Rājataraṅgiṇī; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Sāhitya-darpaṇa] etc.
2) indeterminableness, indescribableness, [Kāvyādarśa [Scholiast or Commentator]]
3) strangeness, [Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVailakṣaṇya (वैलक्षण्य):—(ṇyaṃ) 1. n. Difference.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusVailakṣaṇya (ವೈಲಕ್ಷಣ್ಯ):—
1) [noun] the quality of being strange, abnormal or unnatural; strangeness.
2) [noun] difference; disparity; diverseness.
3) [noun] the quality of being novel; newness; novelty.
4) [noun] a special characteristic (that makes a thing different from others of the same class); speciality.
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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Ends with: Janmavailakshanya, Jativailakshanya, Shabdavailakshanya.
Full-text: Jativailakshanya, Janmavailakshanya, Vailakshana, Shabdavailakshanya, Prithaktva.
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The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
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Brahma Sutras (Shankaracharya) (by George Thibaut)
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Philosophy of Charaka-samhita (by Asokan. G)
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
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