Varnyasama, Varṇyasama, Varnya-sama: 2 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVarṇyasama (वर्ण्यसम).—a kind of sophism.
Derivable forms: varṇyasamaḥ (वर्ण्यसमः).
Varṇyasama is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms varṇya and sama (सम).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVarṇyasama (वर्ण्यसम):—[=varṇya-sama] [from varṇya > varṇ] m. ([scilicet] pratiṣedha) a kind of sophism, [Nyāyamālā-vistara; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha; Caraka] (cf. a-varṇya-sama).
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: Varṇya, Cama, Sama.
Ends with: Avarnyasama.
Full-text: Avarnyasama, Varṇya.
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