Vani, Vāṇī, Vaṇi, Vanī, Vāṇi, Vaṉi, Vāṉi: 32 definitions
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Vani means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi, biology, Tamil. 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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In Hinduism
Shaivism
Vāṇī (वाणी, “eloquent speech”):—One of the nine Dūtī presided over by one of the nine bhaivaravas named Hāṭakeśa (emanation of Ananta, who is the central presiding deity of Dūtīcakra), according to the Kubjikāmata-tantra and the Ṣaṭsāhasrasaṃhitā.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Vāṇī (वाणी) refers to “eloquence”, which is mentioned as obtainable through the worship of Śiva, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.1.14:—“[...] a person desirous of learning shall worship half that number [for details, see text]. A person desirous of eloquence (vāṇī-kāma) shall worship Śiva with ghee”.
Vāṇī (वाणी).—A whisk bearer of Lalitā, became consort of Brahmā—also Sarasvatī and Bhāratī.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 39. 67, 74; 43. 75 and 86.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Gitashastra (science of music)
Vāṇī (वाणी) refers to Sarasvatī, (‘speech’) and is the presiding deity of añcita (honorific lit. ‘bent’), according to the Saṅgītaśiromaṇi 67-84. Añcita represents one of the sixteen words that together make up the elā musical composition (prabandha). Elā is an important subgenre of song and was regarded as an auspicious and important prabandha (composition) in ancient Indian music (gāndharva). According to nirukta analysis, the etymological meaning of elā can be explained as follows: a represents Viṣṇu, i represents Kāmadeva, la represents Lakṣmī.
Vāṇī is one of the sixteen deities presiding over the corresponding sixteen words of the elā-prabandha, all of which are defined in the Saṅgītaśiromaṇi (“crest-jewel of music”): a 15th-century Sanskrit work on Indian musicology (gāndharvaśāstra).
Gitashastra (गीतशास्त्र, gītaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of Music (gita or samgita), which is traditionally divided in Vocal music, Instrumental music and Dance (under the jurisdiction of music). The different elements and technical terms are explained in a wide range of (often Sanskrit) literature.
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Vāṇī (वाणी).—Speech; utterance; the same as वाच् (vāc) which is believed to be of four kinds as cited by the grammarians and explained by Bhartrhari; the four kinds are based upon the four places of origin, the three first places belonging to the inarticulate speech and the fourth belonging to the articulate one; cf. चत्वारि वाक्परिमिता पदानि तानि विदुर्ब्राह्मणा य मनीषिणः । गुहा त्रीणि निहिता नेङ्गयन्तिं तुरीयं वाचेी मनुष्या वदन्ति (catvāri vākparimitā padāni tāni vidurbrāhmaṇā ya manīṣiṇaḥ | guhā trīṇi nihitā neṅgayantiṃ turīyaṃ vāceी manuṣyā vadanti), M. Bh. I Ahnika 1 and the Pradipa and Uddyota thereon.
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Vāṇī (वाणी) is the name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) [defined as इ.उ.इ.इ] of the Upajāti type as employed in the Bhīṣmacarita (Bhishma Charitra) which is a mahākāvya (‘epic poem’) written by Hari Narayan Dikshit.—We find eleven examples of Vāṇī variety of Upajāti metre in the Bhīṣmacarita. The example of it is verse IV.9. [...] The other examples are as follows: IV.10, IV.20, IV.35, IV.37, IV.39, X.22, X.30, XI.16, XI.37 and XIV.12.
Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.
Shaktism
Vāṇī (वाणी) refers to a “voice”, according to the commentary on the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “[...] Then (she) [i.e., the Goddess] again assumed a body, (this time) in the house of mount Himavat. [...] Then Kālī was given to the Supreme Lord on mount Kailāśa in the house of the God of the gods. There a great instruction arose, that is, an unfailing voice (amogha-vāṇī) which (said): ‘there is something that is part of the tradition within the Kadamba Cave (namely), Śāmbhava knowledge’.”.
Vāṇī (वाणी) refers to a “voice”, according to Sāhib Kaul’s Śārikāstrotra.—Accordingly, “[...] My mind does not strive after the divine state, just as a woman giving birth never craves enjoyment. Having gained perfect devotion to you it sings like a peacock who has heard the sound of the rain clouds. There is no place where you do not reside; there is no voice (vāṇī) in which you are not expressed. There is no word in which you are not heard; there is no thing in which you do not shine. [...]”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
India history and geography
Vānī (वानी) is the Hindi spelling for Varṇa (“gold”), as mentioned in the “A Cultural note on the Kuvalayamala of Uddyotanasuri” by the late Dr. V. s. Agrawala.—(Cf. Jaccasuvaṇṇa) In the pre-Muslim period, the highest purity was of sixteen degree, and such gold was called ṣoḍaśa-varṇaka (Kāvyamīmāṃsā of Rājaśekhara, Saka 1900, chapter 17) which must have been the jacca-suvaṇṇa of Uddyotanasūri. We also find reference to ṣoḍaśa-varṇa gold in the Mānasollāsa from which was derived the Hindi word solaha-vānī which in Rajasthani became solamo-sono referred to as solen in the Jñāneśvarī (1290 A.D.).—(Cf. The highest purity of gold in India, The Journal of the Numesmatic Society of India, Vol. 16, pp. 270-74). This seems same as the śṛṅgī-kanaka mentioned in the Kādambarī.
Vāṇi (வாணி) (in Tamil) refers to Vāṇī in Sanskrit, and represents one of the proper nouns mentioned in the Kanchipuranam, which narrates the Shaivite Legends of Kanchipuram—an ancient and sacred district in Tamil Nadu (India). The Kanchipuranam (mentioning Vāṇi) reminds us that Kanchipuram represents an important seat of Hinduism where Vaishnavism and Shaivism have co-existed since ancient times.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
Vani in India is the name of a plant defined with Carum copticum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Carum copticum (L.) Sprague ex Turrill (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2007)
· Mantissa Plantarum (1767)
· The Flora of British India (1879)
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1877)
· Phytotherapy Research (2004)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Regii Berolinensis Altera (1821)
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Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
vāṇī : (f.) word; speech.
Vaṇi, (f.) (fr. van to desire) wish, request Ud. 53; J. IV, 404 (=yācana C.); cp. J. P. T. S. 1891, 18 See vana2 & cp. vaṇeti. (Page 596)
1) vani (ဝနိ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[vana+i．vana yācane．kotthubha．vani-saṃ．vaṇi-prā,addhamāgadhī．]
[ဝန+ဣ။ ဝန ယာစနေ။ ကောတ္ထုဘ။ ဝနိ-သံ။ ဝဏိ-ပြာ၊ အဒ္ဓမာဂဓီ။]
2) vani (ဝနိ) [(kri) (ကြိ)]—
[vana+ī]
[ဝန+ဤ]
3) vanī (ဝနီ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[vana+ṇī．va-saṃ．]
[ဝန+ဏီ။ ဝနိန်-သံ။]
4) vaṇi (ဝဏိ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[paṇa+i．pa- va-pru．paṇabyavahāre．kotthuta．nīti,dhātu．61．vaṇi．pākata．va．amara．va．kotthubha．vaṇa+i．aka raṇa vaṇa．．．sadde．nīti,dhātu．59．va-saṃ,vaṇi,vaṇia-prā,addhamāgadhī．]
[ပဏ+ဣ။ ပ-ကို ဝ-ပြု။ ပဏဗျဝဟာရေ။ ကောတ္ထုတ။ နီတိ၊ဓာတု။၆၁။ ဝဏိ။ ပါကတ။ ဝဏိတ်။ အမရ။ ဝဏိဇ်။ ကောတ္ထုဘ။ ဝဏ+ဣ။ အက ရဏ ဝဏ．．．သဒ္ဒေ။ နီတိ၊ ဓာတု။၅၉။ ဝဏိဇ်-သံ၊ ဝဏိ၊ ဝဏိအ-ပြာ၊ အဒ္ဓမာဂဓီ။]
5) vaṇī (ဝဏီ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[vana+ṇī．vanati yācatīti vaṇī．na-ṇa-pru．vanī-．vaṇa+ṇī．aṇaraṇavaṇa sadde．nīti,dhātu．59．]
[ဝန+ဏီ။ ဝနတိ ယာစတီတိ ဝဏီ။ န-ကိုဏ-ပြု။ ဝနီပုဒ်-ကြည့်။ ဝဏ+ဏီ။ အဏရဏဝဏ သဒ္ဒေ။ နီတိ၊ ဓာတု။ ၅၉။]
6) vaṇī (ဝဏီ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[vaṇa+ī．thī-nitea vaṇinī．-saṃ．vaṇī-prā,addhamāgadhī．]
[ဝဏ+ဤ။ ထီ-၌ ဝဏိနီ။ ဏိန်-သံ။ ဝဏီ-ပြာ၊ အဒ္ဓမာဂဓီ။]
7) vāṇī (ဝါဏီ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[vā+yu+ī．vāṇa+ī．ṭī,1va5．vāṇī-saṃ,prā,addhamāgadhī．]
[ဝါ+ယု+ဤ။ ဝါဏ+ဤ။ဓာန်၊ဋီ၊၁ဝ၅။ဝါဏီ-သံ၊ပြာ၊အဒ္ဓမာဂဓီ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) vani—
(Burmese text): မှီဝဲ-ဆည်းကပ်-ပြီ၊ များစွာပြုပြီ၊ တောင့်တပြီ။
(Auto-Translation): It's all set, it's been done a lot, and it's all ready.
2) vani—
(Burmese text): (၁) တောင်းအပ်သော (မျက်စိ)။ (၂) တောင်းခြင်း။ (၂) ဝနိဗ္ဗကနှင့် ဝနိဗ္ဗန္တုထောင့်ကွင်း-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Requested (eye). (2) Request. (3) View with the angle of vanibba and vanibbanta.
3) vanī—
(Burmese text): တောင်းတတ်သော၊ သူ။(အလှူခံပုဂ္ဂိုလ်)။
(Auto-Translation): The one who is able to ask (the one who receives donations).
4) vaṇi—
(Burmese text): (၁) ကုန်သွယ်-ရောင်းဝယ်-ခြင်း။ (အမရ၊ဋီ၊၌၊ထီ-ဟုဆိုသည်)။ (၂) ကုန်သည်၊ ကုန်သွယ်သူ၊ ကူးသန်းရောင်းဝယ်သူ။ (၃) တောင်းအပ်သော (မျက်စိ)။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Trade - buying and selling. (It is called Amara, Thi, Nha, Thi). (2) Merchant, trader, dealer. (3) Requesting (eye).
5) vaṇī—
(Burmese text): အမာ-အနာ-အိုင်းအမာ-ရှိသော၊ သူ။ ဝဏလေပန-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): It is a person who is stubborn and obstinate, look at the wind.
6) vaṇī—
(Burmese text): သူတောင်းစား၊ ဖုန်းတောင်းယာစကာ။
(Auto-Translation): He is a beggar, asking for a phone.
7) vāṇī—
(Burmese text): (၁) စကား။ (၂) (က) သူရဿတီနတ်သမီး။ (ခ) သူတော်ကောင်းတရား (ဘုရားစကားတော်)။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Words. (2) (a) Thura-dhatti goddess. (b) The good and just (the divine words).
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
vaṇī (वणी).—A form of the word pāṇī assumed in composition; as guḷavaṇī, miṭhavaṇī, ciñcavaṇī, kāḍhavaṇī.
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vāṇī (वाणी).—m (vāṇik S) A caste or an individual of it. They are corn-chandlers and grocers and retail dealers, a banyan. Pr. vāṇī dēta nāhīṃ āṇi ikaḍē purā tōla (The Waṇi refuses to sell yet the other insists on having good weight.) Used where one is full and exact in his directions respecting the manner and particulars of an act which the other utterly refuses to perform. 2 A kind of manylegged and harmless worm. It is of blackish red, and it coils itself up on being touched. Otherwise called maṇḍaḷī or maṇḍāḷī.
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vāṇī (वाणी).—f (S) Speech; articulate utterance, or the faculty, or the divinity governing it. 2 A name of sarasvatī as the goddess of speech. vāṇī vadaṇēṃ or lavaṇēṃ To speak. Phrase used in remarking upon any speech considered as extraordinary. vāṇīvāṭēṃ nighaṇēṃ To be uttered.
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vāṇī (वाणी).—prep (vāṇa Color &c.) In the manner or similitude of; as or like. Ex. vēḍyāvāṇī kāya bōla- tōsa?
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vāṇī (वाणी).—f (uṇā) Deficiency, insufficiency, want, lack. See ex. under vāṇa f.
vaṇī (वणी).—A form of the word pāṇī assumed in composition; as guḷavaṇī, miṭhavaṇī, ciñcavaṇī &c.
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vāṇī (वाणी).—m A caste. f Speech. prep As or like.
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
Vani (वनि).—
1) Name of Agni.
2) A heap.
3) Asking, begging. -f. Desire, wish.
Derivable forms: vaniḥ (वनिः).
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Vanī (वनी).—A forest, wood, grove or thicket (of trees); पूगवनी (pūgavanī) Mv.7.13; अवनीतलमेव साधु मन्ये न वनी माघवनी विला- सहेतुः (avanītalameva sādhu manye na vanī māghavanī vilā- sahetuḥ) Jag; वनीमिमां ते पृतना प्रतनीमतनीयसीम् (vanīmimāṃ te pṛtanā pratanīmatanīyasīm) Śiva. B.19.1; कल्याणीं तु वनीमनीनयदहो कस्याप्यमृष्यन् वचः (kalyāṇīṃ tu vanīmanīnayadaho kasyāpyamṛṣyan vacaḥ) Viś. Guṇa.48.
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Vāṇi (वाणि).—f.
1) Weaving.
2) A weaver's loom.
3) Speech, words.
4) Name of Sarasvatī.
5) A cloud.
6) Price, value.
Derivable forms: vāṇiḥ (वाणिः).
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Vāṇī (वाणी).—
1) Speech, words, language; वाण्येका समलंकरोति पुरुषं या संस्कृता धार्यते (vāṇyekā samalaṃkaroti puruṣaṃ yā saṃskṛtā dhāryate) Bhartṛhari 2.19.
2) Power of speech.
3) Sound, voice; केका वाणी मयूरस्य (kekā vāṇī mayūrasya) Ak.; so आकाशवाणी (ākāśavāṇī).
4) A literary production, a work or composition; मद्वाणि मा कुरु विषादमनादरेण मात्सर्यमग्नमनसां सहसा खलानाम् (madvāṇi mā kuru viṣādamanādareṇa mātsaryamagnamanasāṃ sahasā khalānām) Bv.4.41; Uttararāmacarita 7.2.
5) Praise.
6) Sarasvatī, the goddess of learning; तव करकमलस्थां स्फाटिकीमक्षमालां, नखकिरणविभिन्नां दाडिमीबीजबुद्ध्या । अनुलवमनुकर्षन् येन कीरो निषिद्धः, स भवतु मम भूत्यै वाणि ते मन्दहासः (tava karakamalasthāṃ sphāṭikīmakṣamālāṃ, nakhakiraṇavibhinnāṃ dāḍimībījabuddhyā | anulavamanukarṣan yena kīro niṣiddhaḥ, sa bhavatu mama bhūtyai vāṇi te mandahāsaḥ) ||.
7) Eloquent speech.
8) Music.
9) Name of a metre consisting only of long syllables.
Vaṇi (वणि).—(n) [, as in Pali vani (Jātaka (Pali) vi.232.29), beggar; so most mss. at Mahāvastu i.87.14 (verse); but probably the true reading is vaśi(n), q.v., with Senart.]
Vani (वनि).—m.
(-niḥ) 1. Fire or its deity. 2. Wish, desire. E. van to worship, Unadi aff. in .
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Vāṇi (वाणि).—f. (-ṇiḥ or ṇī) 1. Weaving. 2. A weaver’s loom. 3. A species of the Ashti metre. E. vaṇ to sound, aff. ini; ṅīp optionally added.
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Vāṇī (वाणी).—f. (-ṇī) 1. Saraswati, the goddess of speech. 2. Speech, sound. 3. Voice, (as daivavāṇī). 4. Eloquence. 5. Praise. 6. A literary production. E. vaṇ to sound, aff. iñ and ṅīp or ṅīṣ added.
Vani (वनि).—[van + i], m. 1. Fire or its deity. 2. Desire, wish.
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Vāṇi (वाणि).—vāṇī (vb. ve), f. 1. Weaving. 2. A weaver’s loom.
Vāṇi can also be spelled as Vāṇī (वाणी).
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Vāṇī (वाणी).—1. Speech, [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 99, M.M. 2. Voice,
Vani (वनि).—[feminine] request, desire, wish.
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Vāṇī (वाणी).—1. [feminine] reed; [dual] the two spring-bars on a carriage.
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Vāṇī (वाणी).—2. [feminine] music ([plural] choir of singers or musicians), sound, voice; speech, words, eloquence or the goddess Sarasvatī.
1) Vanī (वनी):—[from vana > van] a f. a wood, forest, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
2) Vani (वनि):—[from van] f. wish, desire, [Atharva-veda]
3) [v.s. ...] m. fire, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (vani ifc.) procuring, bestowing (cf. rāyas-poṣa-v and, [Pāṇini 3-2, 27]).
4) Vanī (वनी):—[from van] b See under 1. vana.
5) Vāṇī (वाणी):—[from vāṇa] a f. See below
6) [from vāṇa] 1. vāṇī f. sound, voice, music ([plural] a choir of musicians or singers), [Ṛg-veda] (the sapta vāṇīs are referred by the Comms. to the seven metres or to the seven notes of the gamut etc.)
7) [v.s. ...] speech, language, words, diction, ([especially]) eloquent speech or fine diction, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.
8) [v.s. ...] a literary production or composition, [Uttararāma-carita; Bhāminī-vilāsa]
9) [v.s. ...] praise, laudation, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
10) [v.s. ...] the goddess of speech, Sarasvatī, [Rāmāyaṇa; Brahma-purāṇa]
11) [v.s. ...] Name of a metre consisting only of long syllables, [Kāvyādarśa [Scholiast or Commentator]]
12) [v.s. ...] of a river ([according to] to some the Sarasvatī), [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
13) Vāṇi (वाणि):—f. (only [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]; cf. 1. 2. vāṇī) weaving
14) a weaver’s loom
15) voice, speech
16) a species of metre
17) a cloud
18) price, value.
19) Vāṇī (वाणी):—2. vāṇī f. (cf. vāṇi) weaving, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
20) 3. vāṇī f. reed, [Ṛg-veda v, 86, 1]
21) [dual number] the two bars of a car or carriage, [ib. i, 119, 5.]
1) Vani (वनि):—(niḥ) 2. m. Fire or its deity.
2) Vāṇi (वाणि):—[(ṇiḥ-ṇī)] 2. 3. f. Weaving; a metre.
3) Vāṇī (वाणी):—(ṇī) 3. f. Saraswati, goddess of speech; speech; sound.
Vani (वनि):—(von 1. van) [Uṇādisūtra 4, 139.]
1) f. das Heischen, Verlangen, Wunsch [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5, 7, 2. 3.] mā va.iṃ mā vācaṃ no.vīrtsīḥ 6. ya enāṃ va.imā.anti welche um sie bittend kommen [12, 4, 11.] —
2) nom. ag. am Ende eines comp. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 2, 27.] —
3) m. Feuer [UJJVAL.] — Vgl. āditya, upamāti, ṛju, kṣatra, dhānya, dhārā, brahma, rāyaspoṣa, vasu, vṛṣṭi, viśva, śata, suprajā .
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Vāṇi (वाणि):—f.
1) das Weben [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 29.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 913.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 153.fg.] man könnte vāni (von 5. vā) vermuthen; vgl. 1. vāṇī . —
2) = 3. vāṇī Stimme, Rede [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Loiseleur Deslongchamps] zu [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 5, 1.] —
3) Wolke [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] —
4) Preis, Werth (mūlya) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha]; vgl. vasni . — Vgl. antarvāṇi, para, prati .
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Vāṇī (वाणी):—1. f. das Weben [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 134.] [Medinīkoṣa ṇ. 22.fg.] — Vgl. vāṇi .
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Vāṇī (वाणी):—2. f. = vāṇa Rohr: dṛ.ā ci.sa pra bhedati dyu.nā vāṇīriva tri.aḥ [Ṛgveda 5, 86, 1.] Stäbe am Wagen [1, 119, 5.]
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Vāṇī (वाणी):—
Vanī (वनी) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Vaṇī, Vāṇi, Vāṇī.
Vanī (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 婆提 [pó tí]: “Bhaddiya”; “Bhadrika” [Sanskrit personal name].
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
1) Vanī (वनी):—(nf) a small forest.
2) Vāṇī (वाणी):—(nf) speech, voice; Saraswati:—the goddess of speech; ~[rahita/śūnya/hīna] speechless, mute.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Vaṇi (वणि) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Vraṇin.
2) Vaṇī (वणी) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Vanī.
3) Vāṇi (वाणि) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Vāṇi.
4) Vāṇī (वाणी) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Vāṇī.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Vāṇi (ವಾಣಿ):—
1) [noun] a man engaged in buying and selling; a merchant.
2) [noun] the community or caste of merchants.
3) [noun] a male member of this community.
4) [noun] any article of trade or commerce; a commodity.
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Vāṇi (ವಾಣಿ):—[noun] a woman intoxicated with alcoholic liquors.
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Vāṇi (ವಾಣಿ):—
1) [noun] a sound.
2) [noun] that which is spoken; utterance; speech.
3) [noun] a song sung musically.
4) [noun] the cry of a pea-cock.
5) [noun] Sarasvati, the Goddess of Speech.
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Vāṇi (ವಾಣಿ):—
1) [noun] the act, process or art of weaving.
2) [noun] a machine for weaving threads or yarn into cloth; a loom.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Vaṉi (வனி) noun probably from vani. [Malayalam: pani.] Fever; சுரம். [suram.] (இராஜ வைத்தியமகுடம் [iraja vaithiyamagudam] 149.)
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Vāṇi (வாணி) noun < vāṇī.
1. Word, language, speech; சொல். (பிங்கலகண்டு) நன்கல்ல வாணி கிளத்தலடக்கி [sol. (pingalagandu) nankalla vani kilathaladakki] (பிரமோத்தரகாண்டம் [piramotharagandam] 22, 19).
2. Learning; கல்வி. துதி வாணி வீரம் [kalvi. thuthi vani viram] (பெருந்தொகை [peruntho.] 418).
3. Sarasvatī, as the Goddess of Learning; சரசுவதி. (பிங்கலகண்டு) வாணியு மல்லிமென் மலரையனும் [sarasuvathi. (pingalagandu) vaniyu mallimen malaraiyanum] (சீகாளத்தி புராணம் நான்முகன் திருவங்தாதி [sigalathi puranam nanmugan thiruvangthathi] 147).
4. The river Sarasvatī; சரசுவதி நதி. கங்கை காளிந்தி வாணி காவிரி . . . நதிகள் [sarasuvathi nathi. kangai kalinthi vani kaviri . . . nathigal] (திருவிளையாடற் புராணம் தல. [thiruvilaiyadar puranam thala.] 11).
5. Source of vocal sounds; நாதத்தோன்றும் இடம். நாபிக்கு நால்விரல் மேலே . . . வாணிக் கிருவிரலுள்ளே [nathathonrum idam. napikku nalviral mele . . . vanig kiruviralulle] (திருமந். [thiruman.] 616).
6. A kind of dance; கூத்துவகை. (பிங்கலகண்டு) [kuthuvagai. (pingalagandu)]
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Vāṇi (வாணி) noun probably from bāṇa. Arrow; அம்பு. (பிங்கலகண்டு) [ambu. (pingalagandu)]
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Vāṇi (வாணி) noun probably from yavānī. Bishop's weed. See ஓமம்¹. (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [omam¹. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]
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Vāṇi (வாணி) noun < pāṇi. Water; நீர். [nir.] (W.)
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Vāṇi (வாணி) noun ((சங்கத்தகராதி) தமிழ்சொல்லகராதி [(sangathagarathi) thamizhsollagarathi])
1. Rock-salt; இந்துப்பு. [inthuppu.]
2. Realgar. See மனோசிலை. [manosilai.]
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Vāṉi (வானி) noun perhaps from idem.
1. Canopy; மேற்கட்டி. (பிங்கலகண்டு) [merkatti. (pingalagandu)]
2. Large banner, flag; துகிற் கொடி. வானிவியன் கை நாலாயிரமுள [thugir kodi. vaniviyan kai nalayiramula] (இரகுவமிசம் நகர. [iraguvamisam nagara.] 35).
3. Tent; கூடாரம். (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [kudaram. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]
4. The river Amrāvatī; ஆன்பத்துப்பாட்டு: பொருநராற்றுப்படைை. (பிங்கலகண்டு) [anporunai. (pingalagandu)]
5. The river Bhavānī. See பவானி [pavani],
2. வானி நீரினுந் தீந்தண் சாயலன் [vani nirinun thinthan sayalan] (பதிற்றுப்பத்து [pathirruppathu] 86). வடகொங்கில் வானி யாற்றின் [vadagongil vani yarrin] (தெய்வீகவுலா தேசிகப்பிரபந்தம் பரமத. [theyvigavula thesigappirapandam paramatha.] 53).
6. A tree; மரவகை. பயினி வானி பல்லிணர்க் குரவம் [maravagai. payini vani pallinark kuravam] (பத்துப்பாட்டு: குறிஞ்சிப்பாட்டு [pathuppattu: kurinchippattu] 69).
7. Paper kite; காற்றாடிப் பட்டம். வானிக ளோச்சினர் வானில் [karradip pattam. vaniga lochinar vanil] (கந்தபு. அசமுகி. நகர்காண். [kanthapu. asamugi. nagarkan.] 9).
8. Streak of lightning; இடிக்கொடி. நெருப்பெழ வீழ்ந்த வானி [idikkodi. neruppezha vizhntha vani] (இரகுவமிசம் யாகப். [iraguvamisam yagap.] 84).
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Vāṉi (வானி) noun < vāhinī. Army; படை. (பிங்கலகண்டு) பாண்டவர் வானி குலைந்தவே [padai. (pingalagandu) pandavar vani kulainthave] (சேதுபுராணம் இராமதீ. [sethupuranam iramathi.] 34).
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Vāṉi (வானி) noun < yavānī. Bishop's weed. See ஓமம்¹. [omam¹.]
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Vāṇi (வாணி) [vāṇittal] 11 transitive verb < பாணி-. [pani-.] To form, make; அமைத்தல். மன்னுதிரு வெண் மணலை வாணித்து [amaithal. mannuthiru ven manalai vanithu] (இலஞ்சி. முருகனுலா [ilanchi. muruganula], 37).
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Vāṇi (வாணி) noun Flesh of the head of cattle, etc.; ஆடு மாடுகளின் தலைமாமிசம். (வைத்திய மூலிகை) [adu madugalin thalaimamisam. (vaithiya muligai)]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Nepali dictionary
1) Vanī (वनी):—n. a small forest;
2) Vāṇī (वाणी):—n. 1. speech; words; language; 2. power of speech; 3. sound; voice; 4. literary composition; 5. praise; eulogy;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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