Yanu, Yan-nu, Yāṇu: 2 definitions
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Yanu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Tamil. 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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryYanu (यनु) or Yaṃ-nu.—(compare next; in Pali represented by yan nūna), conj., suppose now, with opt. of 1st person; ex- tremely common in most texts, but I have failed to note it in Mahāvastu, which uses yan nūna(ṃ) instead: Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 73.2, 14; 322.1; Lalitavistara 14.16; 95.22; 101.5; 137.17; Divyāvadāna 95.10; Avadāna-śataka i.3.4; Samādhirājasūtra 19.12, 14; etc.; in text of Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya regularly printed yat tu (yat tv aham…), possibly by misreading? (e.g. i.90.1).
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.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconYāṇu (யாணு) noun See யாண். யாணுக் கவி னாகும் [yan. yanug kavi nagum] (தொல். சொல். [thol. sol.] 381).
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Yanuatrusi, Yanugghata, Yanuko, Yanuna.
Ends with: Atyanu, Ayanu, Ayanu, Bayanu, Duyanu, Hayanu, Kaiyanu, Kayanubayanu, Kvayanu, Kyaanukyanu, Matkyanu, Mummaiyanu, Muyyanu, Payanu, Vayanu.
Full-text: Yattu, Yad, Kannumai, Panmurai, Yamnu, Anupokam, Avippali, Pattini, Vitaikol, Ukai, Yanuna, Yamnuna, Po, Patu.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 5.24.1 < [Sukta 24]
Sivaprakasam (Study in Bondage and Liberation) (by N. Veerappan)
Introduction to Self < [Chapter 3 - Understanding the Self]
Liberation of self in Shaiva Siddhanta < [Chapter 7 - Liberation]
The Nada Yoga of Tyagaraja < [January 1965]
The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) (by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy)
Nayanar 28: Thirugnana Sambandar (Tirujnana Campantar) < [Volume 4.1.1 - A comparative study of the Shaivite saints the Thiruthondathogai]
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