Devanagari, D膿va苍腻驳补谤墨, 顿别惫补苍腻驳补谤墨, Deva-nagari: 10 definitions

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1. Jyotisha
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1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
3. Hindi
4. Kannada
5. Nepali
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Devanagari 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 Devnagri.

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In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

: Wikibooks (hi): Sanskrit Technical Terms

顿别惫补苍腻驳补谤墨 (啶︵啶掂え啶距啶班).鈥�(also called 苍腻驳补谤墨) The name of the script most commonly used to write Sanskrit. Note: Deva-苍腻驳补谤墨 is a Sanskrit technical term used in ancient Indian sciences such as Astronomy, Mathematics and Geometry.

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Jyotisha (啶溹啶啶むた啶�, 箩测辞迟颈峁 or jyotish) refers to 鈥榓stronomy鈥� or 鈥淰edic astrology鈥� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

d膿va苍腻驳补谤墨 (啶︵啶掂え啶距啶班).鈥攆 (S Relating to the town 诲脓惫补苍补驳补谤补.) The Sanskrit character or alphabet.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

d膿va苍腻驳补谤墨 (啶︵啶掂え啶距啶班).鈥�f The Sanskrit character or alphabet.

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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

顿别惫补苍腻驳补谤墨 (啶︵啶掂え啶距啶班).鈥擭ame of the character in which Sanskrit is usually written.

顿别惫补苍腻驳补谤墨 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms deva and 苍腻驳补谤墨 (啶ㄠぞ啶椸ぐ啷赌).

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

顿别惫补苍腻驳补谤墨 (啶︵啶掂え啶距啶班):鈥擺=deva-苍腻驳补谤墨] [from deva] f. 鈥榙ivine city writing鈥�, Name of the character in which Sansk峁泃 is usually written ([probably] from its having originated in some city), [Colebrooke; Monier-Williams鈥� Buddhism 66, 1.]

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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

顿别惫补苍腻驳补谤墨 (啶︵啶掂え啶距啶班) [Also spelled devnagri]:鈥�(nf) the script which evolved in India during the post-Gupta era and ultimately developed into a systematic and scientific instrument of writing during the 10th and 11th centuries A.D. Scholars have attributed, though not conclusively, various reasons for its nomenclature. It is the script, at present, adopted for writing Hindi: and Marathi: in their respective areas and for Sanskrit all over India; —[补办峁谤补] Dev:nagri: character(s); —[惫补谤峁嘺尘腻濒腻] the Devnagri: alphabet.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

D膿vanagari (嗖︵硣嗖掂波嗖椸舶嗖�):鈥擺noun] Amar膩vati, the city of gods.

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D膿van膩gari (嗖︵硣嗖掂波嗖距矖嗖班部):鈥擺noun] the alphabet with some syllabic features derived from Brahmi, used for the writing of Sanskrit (Sa峁僺k峁泃a).

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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

顿别惫补苍腻驳补谤墨 (啶︵啶掂え啶距啶班):鈥攏. the Devanagari script; language of the Gods; the Sanskrit script;

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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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