Vanashabda, Vāṇaśabda, Vana-shabda: 3 definitions
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Vanashabda 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.
The Sanskrit term Vāṇaśabda can be transliterated into English as Vanasabda or Vanashabda, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVāṇaśabda (वाणशब्द).—the sound of a lute; नीहारे वाणशब्दे च (nīhāre vāṇaśabde ca) Manusmṛti 4.113 (v. l.).
Derivable forms: vāṇaśabdaḥ (वाणशब्दः).
Vāṇaśabda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vāṇa and śabda (शब्द).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVāṇaśabda (वाणशब्द).—[masculine] the sound of a lute or of arrows.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVāṇaśabda (वाणशब्द):—[=vāṇa-śabda] [from vāṇa] m. the sound of a lute (or ‘the whizz of an arrow’), [Manu-smṛti iv, 113.]
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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