Svarita: 15 definitions

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2. Sanskrit
3. Hindi
4. Kannada
5. Nepali
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Svarita means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Swarit.

In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: N膩峁瓂a-艣膩stra

Svarita (啶膏啶掂ぐ啶苦い, 鈥渃ircumflex鈥�) refers to one of the four accents used in vocal representation (惫腻肠颈办补), according to the N膩峁瓂a艣膩stra chapter 19.

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Natyashastra (啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 苍腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya鈥攖heatrics, 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).

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Svarita (啶膏啶掂ぐ啶苦い).鈥擳he circumflex accent, the accent between the acute (.啶夃う啶距い啷嵿い (耻诲腻迟迟补)) and the grave (啶呧え啷佮う啶距い啷嵿い (an耻诲腻迟迟补)); for details see 啶膏啶掂ぐ (svara).

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Vyakarana (啶掂啶ぞ啶曕ぐ啶�, vy膩kara峁嘺) 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.

Gitashastra (science of music)

: Shodhganga: Kohala in the Sanskrit textual tradition (gita)

Svarita (啶膏啶掂ぐ啶苦い) refers to one of the four types of Svaras (鈥渁ccents鈥�), according to the 碍补耻丑补濒墨测补艣颈办峁Ｄ佲€攐ne of the works ascribed to Kohala鈥攁 celebrated authority of the ancient period along with others such as Bharata, Y膩峁ａ弓ika, 艢膩rd奴la, K膩艣yapa etc.鈥擪ohala, though a contemporary of Bharata is believed to be one of the pioneering 腻肠补谤测补蝉 of the 诲别艣墨 tradition. He was not just an 膧c膩rya but was also an accomplished actor himself. [...] 碍补耻丑补濒墨测补艣颈办峁Ｄ� defines the different qualities (d峁涐笉hat膩, m峁沝ut膩, sthaulyam, etc.) associated with the four svaras (accents) namely 耻诲腻迟迟补, an耻诲腻迟迟补, svarita and pracaya.

Subsequently, the names of the 鈥榮even varieties of the svarita-svaras鈥� and their definitions are given.

Nitya;
碍峁颈辫谤补;
Abhinihata;
笔谤补艣濒颈峁ａ弓补;
笔谤腻迟颈丑补迟补;
笔腻诲补惫峁泃迟补;
罢补颈谤辞惫测补帽箩补苍补;

It is interesting to note that these varieties of svarita are also found in N膩rad墨y膩艢ik峁Ｄ�. However, there are some minor differences.

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Gitashastra (啶椸啶むざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 驳墨迟补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to the ancient Indian science of Music (gita or samgita), which is traditionally divided in Vocal music, Instrumental music and Dance (under the jurisdiction of music). The different elements and technical terms are explained in a wide range of (often Sanskrit) literature.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

svarita (啶膏啶掂ぐ啶苦い).鈥攑 (S) Articulated. 2 Accented. 3 Sounded as a note, pitched. 4 Sounded in general. 5 as s m The third or circumflex accent.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

svarita (啶膏啶掂ぐ啶苦い).鈥�p Articulated; accented; sounded.

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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

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Svarita (啶膏啶掂ぐ啶苦い).鈥�a. [svaro j膩to'sya itac]

1) Sounded; caused to sound; 啶膏啶掂ぐ啶苦い啶掂啶｀啶ㄠぞ啶膏啶粪啶犩 啶氞啶啶た啶むぎ啷� (svaritave峁噓n膩 su峁ａ弓hu cumbitam) Bh膩gavata 1.31.14.

2) Sounded as a note, pitched.

3) Articulated.

4) Circumflexed.

5) Accented.

6) Added, admixed

-迟补岣� The third or mixed tone lying between high and low; 啶膏ぎ啶距す啶距ぐ啶� 啶膏啶掂ぐ啶苦い啶� (sam膩h膩ra岣� svarita岣�) P.I.2.31; see Sk. thereon.

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

Svarita (啶膏啶掂ぐ啶苦い).鈥攎fn.

(-迟补岣�-t膩-ta峁�) 1. Accented. 2. Articulated. 3. Sounded as a note, pitched. 4. Circumflexed. m.

(-迟补岣�) The third or circumflex accent, the mixed tone between high and low. E. svara a note or accent, itac aff.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Svarita (啶膏啶掂ぐ啶苦い).鈥攊. e. svara + ita, I. adj. 1. Articulated. 2. Sounded as a note. 3. Accented. Ii. m. The circumflex accent.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Svarita (啶膏啶掂ぐ啶苦い).鈥擺adjective] sounded, accented, having the Sv. accent; [masculine] [neuter] the Svarita accent; [abstract] tva [neuter]

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

1) Svarita (啶膏啶掂ぐ啶苦い):鈥擺from 蝉惫峁�] mfn. caused to sound, [Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺]

2) [v.s. ...] sounded, having an accent, accentuated, [L膩峁瓂膩yana]

3) [v.s. ...] having Svarita accent, [Vait膩na-s奴tra; Pr膩ti艣膩khya; P膩峁噄ni]

4) [v.s. ...] added, admixed (-tva n.), [Nai峁dha-carita]

5) [v.s. ...] m. n. the Svarita accent (a kind of mixed tone, produced by a combination of high and low tone, and therefore named in [P膩峁噄ni 1-2, 31] 蝉补尘-腻丑腻谤补, the high and low tones being called 耻诲-腻迟迟补, 鈥榬aised鈥� or 鈥榓cute鈥�, and an-耻诲腻迟迟补, 鈥榣ow鈥� or 鈥榞rave鈥�; the Sv掳 corresponds to the Greek circumflex and is of four kinds, viz. 办峁颈辫谤补 [as in 惫测-腻辫迟补 for 惫颈-腻辫迟补], 箩腻迟测补 [as in kva for kua], 辫谤补艣濒颈峁ａ弓补 [as in 诲颈惫墨惫补 for divi iva], or abhinihita [as in te bruvan for te abruvan]; it is marked in [峁歡-veda] by a small upright stroke above a syllable; and when produced by an 耻诲腻迟迟补 immediately preceding is sometimes called 鈥榓 dependent Svarita鈥�, and, when it properly belongs to a word, an 鈥榠ndependent Svarita鈥�), [膧艣val膩yana-艣rauta-s奴tra; Pr膩ti艣膩khya; P膩峁噄ni]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Svarita (啶膏啶掂ぐ啶苦い):鈥�(迟补岣�) 1. m. The circumflex accent. a. Accented; articulated; pitched as a note.

[Sanskrit to German]

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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.

Hindi dictionary

: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Svarita (啶膏啶掂ぐ啶苦い) [Also spelled swarit]:鈥�(nm) accentuated, having circumflex accent.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Svarita (嗖膏硩嗖掂舶嗖苦菠):鈥擺noun] the mixed tone (sung while reciting vedic hymns) lying between high and low ones.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Svarita (啶膏啶掂ぐ啶苦い):鈥攁dj. 1. vocalized; reverberating; 2. articulated;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Search found 34 books and stories containing Svarita; (plurals include: Svaritas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Part 2b - Varieties of the Svarita accent < [Chapter 3 - N膩rad墨艢ik峁Ｄ乚

Part 1a - Characteristics Feature of the Accent according to the M膩峁囜笉奴k墨艢ik峁Ｄ� < [Chapter 5 - M膩峁囜笉奴k墨艢ik峁Ｄ乚

Part 4b - The Svarita accent according to Var峁嘺ratnaprad墨pik膩艢ik峁Ｄ� < [Chapter 4 - Var峁嘺ratnaprad墨pik膩艢ik峁Ｄ乚

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Part 6.1 - Introduction and Source of the 碍补耻丑补濒墨测补艣颈办峁Ｄ� < [Chapter 4 - Works attributed to Kohala]

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Verse 3.12.15 < [Book 3 - Pada-k膩峁囜笉a (12): Upagraha-samudde艣a (On Aspect)]

Verse 2.102 < [Book 2 - V膩kya-k膩峁囜笉a]

Verse 3.12.11 < [Book 3 - Pada-k膩峁囜笉a (12): Upagraha-samudde艣a (On Aspect)]

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