Vishvanana, Viṣvaṇana: 5 definitions

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Vishvanana 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 Viṣvaṇana can be transliterated into English as Visvanana or Vishvanana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Viṣvaṇana (विष्वणन).—n.

(-naṃ) Food, eating. E. vi before svan to sound, (with the lips, to smack the lips,) and lyuṭ aff. “ṣatvaṇatve .”

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Viṣvaṇana (विष्वणन).—n., and viṣvāṇa viṣvāṇa, m., i. e. vi-svan + ana, or a, Eating, food.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Viṣvaṇana (विष्वणन):—[=vi-ṣvaṇana] [from vi-ṣvan] n. smacking the lips in eating, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Viṣvaṇana (विष्वणन):—(naṃ) 1. n. Food, eating.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vishvanana in German

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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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