Varnadeshana, Varṇadeśaṇa, Varna-deshana: 4 definitions
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Varnadeshana 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 Varṇadeśaṇa can be transliterated into English as Varnadesana or Varnadeshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kosha (encyclopedic lexicons)
Source: Shodhganga: Technical study of the dictionaries published in Sanskrit language since 1800 ADVarṇadeśaṇa (वर्णदेशण) is a treatise on the spelling of nouns with cognate consonants like kha and ksa, ha and gha, ja etc. It indicates the phonological development in the course of the history of the Indo-Aryan. The lexicon is in prose emphasizing the correctness of spelling. The author states that "in experience people who take the word by the ear confuse kha with ksa in words like khura and ksurapa, ha with gha in words like siṃha and singhanaka, etc., owing to the similarity of the letters in characters like Gauda. So to discuss them in the light of clean readings and explicit statements in works like the dhatuparayana and commentaries on the dhatus, etymological explanations, authoritative statements and slesas, the varnadesana is being composed".
Kosha (कोश, kośa) refers to Sanskrit lexicons intended to provide additional information regarding technical terms used in religion, philosophy and the various sciences (shastra). The oldest extant thesaurus (kosha) dates to the 4th century AD.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumVarṇadeśanā (वर्णदेशना) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—a treatise on the proper spelling of nouns with certain cognate consonants, as ś sh s, j and y, gh and h, by Devakīrti. Quoted by Rāyamukuṭa. by Puruṣottamadeva. Io. 1475. 1511. A Varṇadeśanā is quoted by Ujjvaladatta (not that of Purushottama), by Bharatasena on Bhaṭṭikāvya 13, 47, in Dhāturatnākara. Compare Varṇaviveka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVarṇadeśanā (वर्णदेशना):—[=varṇa-deśanā] [from varṇa > varṇ] f. ‘instruction in letters’, Name of a treatise (by Deva-kīrti on the proper spelling of words with certain cognate consonants, such as ś, ṣ, s; j and y; gh and h), and of some similar works.
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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.
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Partial matches: Desana, Varna.
Full-text: Desana, Gadyaramayanakavya, Dhatupuja, Candragomin, Lingakarika, Devakirti, Kicakavadha, Govardhana bhatta, Jayamangala, Purushottamadeva, Harivilasa.
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