Vyanjana, Vyañjana, Vyamjana: 26 definitions

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In Hinduism

Shilpashastra (iconography)

Source: Wisdom Library: Śilpa-śāstra

Vyañjana (व्यञ्जन, “fan”):—In Hindu iconology (śilpaśāstra), this symbol represents the “fanning the spark of knowledge”. It is also one of six items that Agni is displayed carrying. Agni, one of the most important Vedic gods, represents divine illumination

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Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.

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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Vyañjana (व्यञ्जन, “indication”) refers to one of the four classes of dhātu (stroke), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 29. The four dhūtas relate to different aspects of strokes in playing stringed instruments (tata).

The vyañjana-dhātu is of five kinds:

  1. kala,
  2. tala,
  3. niṣkoṭita,
  4. unmṛṣṭa,
  5. repha,
  6. avamṛṣṭa,
  7. puṣpa,
  8. anusvanita,
  9. bindu,
  10. anubandha.
Source: archive.org: Natya Shastra

Vyañjana (व्यञ्जन, “consonants”).—The group of letters beginning with ‘ka’, are consonants. ka, kha, ga, gha, ṅa, ca, cha, ja, jha, ña, ṭa, ṭha, ḍa, ḍha, ṇa, ta, tha, da, dha, na, pa, pha, ba, bha, ma, ya, ra, la, va, śa, ṣa sa and ha constitute the group of consonants.

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Vyañjana (व्यञ्जन).—A consonant; that which manifests itself in the presence of a vowel, being incapable of standing alone; cf.न पुनरन्तरेणाचं व्यञ्जनस्योच्चारणमपि भवति। अन्वर्थे खल्वपि निर्वचनम् । स्वयं राजन्ते स्वराः। अन्वक् भवति व्यञ्जनम् (na punarantareṇācaṃ vyañjanasyoccāraṇamapi bhavati| anvarthe khalvapi nirvacanam | svayaṃ rājante svarāḥ| anvak bhavati vyañjanam) l M.Bh.on I.2.30; cf. also अथवा गतिरपि व्यञ्जेरर्थः । विविधं गच्छत्यजुपरागवशादिति व्यञ्जनम् । उपरागश्च पूर्वपराच्संनिधानेपि परेणाचा भवति न पूर्वेण । (athavā gatirapi vyañjerarthaḥ | vividhaṃ gacchatyajuparāgavaśāditi vyañjanam | uparāgaśca pūrvaparācsaṃnidhānepi pareṇācā bhavati na pūrveṇa |) Kaiyata on P. I. 2. 30; cf. व्यञ्जनं स्वराङ्गम् (vyañjanaṃ svarāṅgam) T.Pr.I.6; cf. also व्यञ्जनसमु-दायस्तु स्वरसंनिहित एव अक्षरं भवति। (vyañjanasamu-dāyastu svarasaṃnihita eva akṣaraṃ bhavati|) Uvvata Bhasya on V. Pr. III.45.

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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.

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«previous next»] — Vyanjana in Purana glossary
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Vyañjana (व्यञ्जन) refers to “side-dishes”, which forms a preferable constituent for a great offering, according to the Śivapurāṇa 1.16. Accordingly, “[...] the great offering of eatables shall be made to Śiva especially in the month of Dhanus. The constituent parts of the great offering are as follows:—[...] twelve varieties of side dishes (vyañjana) [...] This great offering of eatables made to the deities shall be distributed among devotees m the order of their castes”.

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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.

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Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

Source: Prabhupada Books: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta

Vyañjana (व्यञ्जन) refers to “vegetables”, according to the Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta 2.3.44ff—Accordingly:—“[...] the cooked rice was a stack of very fine grains nicely cooked, and in the middle was yellow clarified butter from the milk of cows. Surrounding the stack of rice were pots made of the skins of banana trees, and in these pots were varieties of vegetables [viz., vyañjana] and mung dhal [...] Thus Lord Kṛṣṇa was offered all the food, and the Lord took it very pleasantly”

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).

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Kavyashastra (science of poetry)

Source: DASH: The Theology of Literary Emotions in Medieval Kashmir

Vyañjanā (व्यञ्जना) or Dhvani refers to “poetic manifestation”.—Dhvani was so important to Ānandavardhana that his text, Dhvanyāloka, is named after it.—“Poetic manifestation” translates two Sanskrit terms: dhvani and vyañjanā. These terms have slightly different provenances, both significant. The former term [dhvani] means “sound” or “murmur” and originates in philosophical discussions of grammar and phonetics, where it is used to describe the way in which the uttered sounds of speech are related to the language that they represent and convey. The latter term, vyañjanā, is more closely related to metaphysics. It means, literally, “manifestation”, and it is often used in metaphysical discussions to describe the relationship between causes and effects. [...] Dhvani, however, is a more specifically linguistic issue and Vyañjanā a more broadly metaphysical term.

Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (kavya)

Vyañjanā (व्यञ्जना) refers to Vyaṅgārtha which represents one of the “three kinds of meaning of words”, according to the Sāhityadarpaṇa.—There are three kinds of meaning of words which are: vācya-artha, lakṣa-artha and vyaṅga-artha. The vācya-artha is known by abhidhā, lakṣa-artha is known by lakṣaṇā and vyaṅga-artha is recognized by vyañjanā. Thus it can be said that Abhidhā denotes the primary meaning, where the dictionary meaning of the word is predominant. Lakṣaṇā denotes the secondary meaning which is established after the failure of the primary sense though it is based on the primary meaning. And vyañjanā denotes the suggestive sense of a word.

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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.

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In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Vyañjana (व्यञ्जन) refers to a “letter”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “What then, the son of good family, is memory (dhāraṇī)? [...] (27) knowledge of entering the six perfections; (28) knowledge of the four means of attraction, appropriately to each; (29) knowledge of entering the path of sound and voice; (30) knowledge of teaching the dharmas as conventional expressions; (31) non-discriminating knowledge of the meaning; (32) imperishable knowledge of the letter (vyañjana); [...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

1) Vyañjana (व्यञ्जन) refers to “warts, moles, etc., on body” and represents one of the eight divisions of Nimittaśāstra (“science of omens”), possibly corresponding to “the eight divisions of the science of omens” (aṣṭādhikaraṇīgrantha), according to chapter 2.6 [ajitanātha-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.—(Cf. Uttarādhyayana with Kamalasaṃyama’s commentary 31. 19, pp. 506-7).—See Rājendra, aṭṭhaṅgaṇimitta; Sūtrakṛtāṅga 2.2. 25; Pravacanasāroddhāra 1405-09, p. 410.

2) Vyañjana (व्यञ्जन) refers to one of the four kinds of Dhātu (kind of musical composition), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra.—Dhātu is some kind of musical composition, but exactly what I have not been able to ascertain. There are 4 Dhātus: vistāra, karaṇa, āviddha, and vyañjana. Vyañjana is used for vīṇās. It has 10 subdivisions of which puṣpa is the first. This is according to the Nāṭyaśāstra 29.52ff. which Hemacandra evidently follows, but the Saṅgītaratnākara, 4.7ff., discusses dhātu from quite a different point of view. In this it seems to be vocal composition. Śruti may be used here in the technical sense of an ‘interval’.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Vyañjana.—cf. vĕñjanam, viñjanam (SITI), condiment; vegetable relish; condiments and curry in food offerings; cf. vĕñjana-bhaṇḍāram. (CII 1), a letter or an implication. Note: vyañjana is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Vyanjana in Pali glossary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

vyañjana : (nt.) a curry; a distinctive mark; a consonant; a letter.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Vyañjana, (nt.) (fr. vi+añj, cp. añjati2 & abbhañjati) 1. (accompanying) attribute, distinctive mark, sign, characteristic (cp. anu°) Sn. 549, 1017; Th. 1, 819 (metric: viyañjana); J. V, 86 (viyañjanena under the pretext); Dhs. 1306. gihi° characteristic of a layman Sn. 44 (cp. SnA 91); Miln. 11; purisa° membrum virile Vin. II, 269.—2. letter (of a word) as opposed to attha (meaning, sense, spirit), e, g. D. III, 127; S. IV, 281, 296; V, 430; A. II, 139 (Cp. savyañjana); or pada (word), e.g. M. I, 213; A. I, 59; II, 147, 168, 182; III, 178 sq.; Vin. II, 316; Nett 4; SnA 177.—vyañjanato according to the letter Miln. 18 (opp. atthato).—3. condiment, curry Vin. II, 214; A. III, 49 (odano anekasūpo aneka-vyañjano); Pv. II, 115 (bhatta° rice with curry); PvA. 50.—Cp. byañjana. (Page 652)

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vyañjana (व्यंजन).—n S A consonant. 2 The nasal dot over a letter, the dot marking anusvāra or anunāsika. 3 A condiment, sauce, seasoning; a seasoning ingredient generally. 4 Figurative, allusive, insinuating, or suggestive speech; covert intimation; tacit implication. 5 A mark, sign, signal, token, an indication in general.

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vyañjanā (व्यंजना).—f S Metaphorically or covertly signifying; allusive, dark, or tacit intimation or suggestion.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

vyañjana (व्यंजन).—n A consonant. A sauce. A sign.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vyañjana (व्यञ्जन).—1 Making clear, indicating, manifesting.

2) A mark, token, sign; सुकुमारं महासत्त्वं पार्थिवव्यञ्जनान्वितम् (sukumāraṃ mahāsattvaṃ pārthivavyañjanānvitam) (rāmam) Rām.3.17.8.

3) A reminder; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 9.

4) Disguise, garb; नानाव्यञ्जनाः प्रणिधयः (nānāvyañjanāḥ praṇidhayaḥ) Mu.1; Śiśupālavadha 2.56; तपस्विव्यञ्जनोपेताः (tapasvivyañjanopetāḥ); गृहपतिवैदेहकतापसव्यञ्जनाः प्रणिधयः (gṛhapativaidehakatāpasavyañjanāḥ praṇidhayaḥ) Kau. A.2. &c.

5) A consonant.

6) A mark of the sex, i. e. the male or female organ.

7) Insignia.

8) A mark or sign of puberty; अजातव्यञ्जनः श्रीमान् बालः श्यामः शुभेक्षणः (ajātavyañjanaḥ śrīmān bālaḥ śyāmaḥ śubhekṣaṇaḥ) Rām.3.38.14; बालमप्राप्तवयसमजातव्यञ्जनाकृतिम् (bālamaprāptavayasamajātavyañjanākṛtim) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.157.35.

9) The beard.

1) A limb, member.

11) (a) A condiment, sauce, a seasoned article; व्यञ्जनानि ओदनार्थानि (vyañjanāni odanārthāni) ŚB. on MS. 1.8.29; अशक्नुवद्भिर्बहुभुक्तवत्तया यदुज्झिता व्यञ्जनपुञ्जराशयः (aśaknuvadbhirbahubhuktavattayā yadujjhitā vyañjanapuñjarāśayaḥ) N.16.14. (b) An article used in seasoning food, spices &c.

12) The last of the three powers of a word by virtue of which it suggests or insinuates a sense; see अञ्जन-ना (añjana-nā) (9) (written vyañjanā also in this sense); विरतास्वभिधाद्यासु यथार्थो बोध्यतेऽपरः । सा वृत्तिर्व्यञ्जना नाम शब्द- स्यार्थादिकस्य च (viratāsvabhidhādyāsu yathārtho bodhyate'paraḥ | sā vṛttirvyañjanā nāma śabda- syārthādikasya ca) S. D.

13) The letter (as opp. to artha 'meaning').

14) A day.

15) A privy part.

Derivable forms: vyañjanam (व्यञ्जनम्).

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Vyañjanā (व्यञ्जना).—

1) See व्यञ्जन (vyañjana) (12) above.

2) Irony, sarcasm.

3) Insinuation.

4) Articulation, utterance of words; हीनव्यञ्जनया प्रेक्ष्य भीतचित्त इवाब्रूवम् (hīnavyañjanayā prekṣya bhītacitta ivābrūvam) Rām.2.64.11.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Vyañjana (व्यञ्जन).—nt. (= Pali id.; in Sanskrit defined [Boehtlingk and Roth], [Boehtlingk], consonant and syllable; possibly sound should be substituted for the latter, at least in some cases), (individual) sound; defined Abhidharmakośa LaV-P. ii.239 by akṣara, phonème (varṇa), voyelle et consonne, par exemple a, ā, i, ī, etc.; here and in °na-kāyaḥ (see kāya 2) Mahāvyutpatti 1997 contrasted with nāman, word, and pada, sentence; much more com- monly in contrast with artha, meaning, and regularly in such a context with implication of the ‘letter’ as against the ‘spirit’ (artha, the real meaning) in a sense close to the Biblical usage: arthato vā °nato vā Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 200.6, either in regard to the meaning (spirit) or the letter (Pali also atthato vā °nato vā); in Asaṅga (Mahāyāna-sūtrālaṃkāra) xviii.32, commentary, vyañjana- sya is equated with yathārutārthasya, see s.v. ruta (2); na vyañjanā (v.l. °naṃ) bhrasyati (= bhraś°) nāpi cārthā Lalitavistara 444.8 (verse), neither sound(s) nor sense is lost; (saddhar- maṃ…) svarthaṃ suvyañjanaṃ Lalitavistara 3.8, having good meaning and good sound(s); arthena mahyaṃ kāriyaṃ kiṃ bhoti vyañjanaṃ subahukaṃ Mahāvastu iii.60.20 (verse; so mss., with varr.; corrupt, but probably was an āryā line), my concern is with the meaning, what is the use of abundant sound ?; artha-pratisaraṇa as against vyañjana-prati°, Mahāvyutpatti 1546, Bodhisattvabhūmi 175.16, see s.v. pratisaraṇa (1); na vyañjanā- bhisaṃskārārthī, saḥ arthārthī…na vyañjanārthī Bodhisattvabhūmi 256.25; śāstuḥ śrāvakāṇāṃ cārthenārthaḥ padena padaṃ (word, or sentence? see s.v.) vyañjanena vyañjanaṃ saṃ- syandate sameti yad utāgrapadaiḥ Avadāna-śataka ii.142.16; 143.5—6; pada-vyañjanaṃ, dvandva or tatp. ? seemingly tatp. in Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 475.3 (yadā…) ito dharmaparyāyād antaśaḥ pada- °naṃ paribhraṣṭaṃ bhaviṣyati, when from this religious text so much as a (single) sound (or letter) of a word (or sentence?) shall be lost; in the others could more easily mean words (sentences ?) and sounds (letters), yāni…pada- vyañjanāni paribhraṣṭāni Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 235.6; na ca yathoddiṣṭaṃ pada-°naṃ paripūrṇaṃ karonti Mahāvastu i.90.3, and they do not make perfect(ly) as intended the sounds of the words (sentences? or, words and sounds, sc. of sacred texts).—See further s.v. vāla-vya°.

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

Vyañjana (व्यञ्जन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. A mark, a spot, a sign, a token. 2. Paraphernalia, insignia. 3. The beard. 4. A privy, part, either male er female. 5. Sauce, condiment. 6. A consonant. 7. Making clear. 8. A sign of puberty. 9. A limb, a member. nf.

(-naṃ-nā) 1. Figurative expression. 2. Irony, sarcasm. E. vi before añj to make clear, lyuṭ aff.

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

Vyañjana (व्यञ्जन).—i. e. vi-añj + ana, I. n. 1. A mark, a sign, [Hitopadeśa] iii. [distich] 36; the marks of puberty (hairs of the body), [Pañcatantra] iii. [distich] 214 (pl.). 2. Paraphernalia, insignia. 3. A beard, [Brāhmaṇavilāpa] 1, 28. 4. A privy part, either male or female. 5. Sauce, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 13, 15; condiment, [Pañcatantra] 52, 1. 6. A consonant, [Sāvitryupākhyāna] 5, 25. Ii. n., and f. , Irony, sarcasm. Iii. f. , The third power of a word, suggestion, Sāh. Darp. 16, 20.

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

Vyañjana (व्यञ्जन).—[adjective] = [preceding] [adjective]

— [feminine] ā indirect indication, insinuation ([rhetorie]). [neuter] manifestation, betrayal, indirect or implicit expression, suggestion; mark, sign ([especially] of gender or of puberty), characteristic, attribute, the insignia of a prince, ornament i.[grammar], condiment, sauce, juice; consonant, syllable.

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

1) Vyañjana (व्यञ्जन):—[=vy-añjana] [from vy-añj] mfn. manifesting, indicating, [Harivaṃśa] ([varia lectio] vyañcana)

2) [v.s. ...] m. (once for n.; cf. below) a consonant, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā-prātiśākhya]

3) [v.s. ...] m. Pandanus Odoratissimus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] = vāditra-karman, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) Vyañjanā (व्यञ्जना):—[=vy-añjanā] [from vy-añjana > vy-añj] f. (in [rhetoric]) implied indication, allusion, suggestion, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa; Pratāparudrīya]

6) [v.s. ...] a figurative expression (nā-vṛtti f. figurative style), [Horace H. Wilson]

7) Vyañjana (व्यञ्जन):—[=vy-añjana] [from vy-añj] n. decoration, ornament, [Ṛg-veda viii, 78, 2]

8) [v.s. ...] manifestation, indication, [Suśruta; Rājataraṅgiṇī]

9) [v.s. ...] n. allusion, suggestion (= ā f.), Sah, [Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]

10) [v.s. ...] n. figurative expression, irony, sarcasm, [Horace H. Wilson]

11) [v.s. ...] specification, [Nirukta, by Yāska]

12) [v.s. ...] a mark, badge, spot, sign, token, [Āpastamba-śrauta-sūtra; Rāmāyaṇa; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.

13) [v.s. ...] insignia, paraphernalia, [Kāvya literature]

14) [v.s. ...] symptom (of a disease), [Catalogue(s)]

15) [v.s. ...] mark of sex or gender (as the beard, breasts etc.), the private organs (male or female), [Gṛhya-sūtra and śrauta-sūtra; Mahābhārata] etc.

16) [v.s. ...] anything used in cooking or preparing food, seasoning, sauce, condiment, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.

17) [v.s. ...] a consonant, [Prātiśākhya; ???] etc.

18) [v.s. ...] a syllable, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā-prātiśākhya] (cf. hīnavy)

19) [v.s. ...] the letter (as opp. to artha, ‘meaning’), [Mahā-vyutpatti]

20) [v.s. ...] a limb, member, part, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

21) [v.s. ...] a day, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

22) [v.s. ...] n. purification of a sacrificial animal (also m. and f(ā). ), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

23) [v.s. ...] n. a fan, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] ([wrong reading] for vyajana)

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

Vyañjana (व्यञ्जन):—(naṃ) 1. n. A mark; beard; privy part; sauce; food; a consonant. f. n. Double entendre; sarcasm; significant expression.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Vyañjana (व्यञ्जन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vaṃjaṇa.

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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Vyanjana in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) suggestion, suggested meaning; -[shakti] suggestive power (of a word)..—vyanjana (व्यंजना) is alternatively transliterated as Vyaṃjanā.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vyaṃjana (ವ್ಯಂಜನ):—

1) [noun] the act of expressing the meaning, intention, idea, etc.

2) [noun] any of the letters from "ಕ" to "ಳ" ( that is, the letters of Kannaḍa language excluding vowels and dipthongs.

3) [noun] a sign; a mark; an indication.

4) [noun] any of the secondary sex characteristics developed at the age of puberty.

5) [noun] any of the external sex organs of either a man or woman.

6) [noun] a food, used in small quantities for increasing the taste, appetite, etc. as pickles, chutney, etc.

7) [noun] any auxuliary implement or apparatus.

8) [noun] the quality or ability of a word that suggests, implies a meaning that is different from and, often important than, the literal meaning.

9) [noun] the act of biting and grinding or crushing (food) with the teeth; chewing.

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