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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vyājanindā (व्याजनिंदा).—f S A figure of rhetoric. False censure or blame; censure in appearance conveying real commendation; disguised or covert praise; affected reproach. The above, which is substantially one sense, is the right sense; but there are other apprehensions of the word; viz. in appearance blaming one, in reality, another: also disguised reproach or censure; ironical and false praise.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vyājanindā (व्याजनिन्दा).—artful censure.

Vyājanindā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vyāja and nindā (निन्दा).

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

Vyājanindā (व्याजनिन्दा).—f.

(-ndā) Apparent censure, but covert praise, a figure of rhetoric. E. vyāja disguise, and nindā censure.

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

Vyājanindā (व्याजनिन्दा).—[feminine] ironical censure.

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

Vyājanindā (व्याजनिन्दा):—[=vy-āja-nindā] [from vy-āja] f. (in [rhetoric]) artful or ironical censure, [Kuvalayānanda]

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

Vyājanindā (व्याजनिन्दा):—[vyāja-nindā] (ndā) 1. f. Apparent censure, but covert praise.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vyajaninda 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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Partial matches: Ninda, Vyaja.

Full-text: Kapataninda, Kapatastuti, Vacyalankara.

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