Kimvadanti, ṃv岹Գپ, Kim-vadanti, ṃv岹Գī, Kiṃvadaṃtī, Kimvadamti: 12 definitions
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In Hinduism
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
: Wikisource: Ashtavakra Gitaṃv岹Գī (किंवदन्ती) refers to a “saying� (i.e., a maxim or a rumour), according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “[...] You are the one witness of everything, and are always totally free. The cause of your bondage is that you see the witness as something other than this. [...] That in which all this appears—imagined like the snake in a rope, that joy, supreme joy and awareness is what you are, so be happy. If one thinks of oneself as free, one is free, and if one thinks of oneself as bound, one is bound. Here this saying (쾱ṃv岹Գī) is true, ‘Thinking makes it so� [쾱ṃv岹Գīha satyeya� yā mati� sā gatirbhavet]. [...]�.

Vedanta (वेदान्�, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Volume 1 (1871) (jyo)ṃv岹Գī (किंवदन्ती) refers to one of the topics discussed in the Śśܳ, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 1 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (first series)� by Rajendralal Mitra (1822�1891), who was one of the first English-writing historians dealing with Indian culture and heritage.� The Śśܳ manuscript authored by Kṛṣṇarāma represents a primer on astrology, giving rules for calculation of nativities and most of the topics usually treated of in Indian astrological. It contains 2,457 śǰ첹.—The catalogue includes the term—ṃv岹Գī-praśna in its ‘subject-matter list� or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads: 쾱ṃv岹Գīpraśna� .

Jyotisha (ज्योति�, dzپṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy� or “Vedic astrology� 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
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṃv岹Գپ (किंवदन्त�) or ṃv岹Գī (किंवदन्ती).�f. rumour, report; � किंवदन्ती� वदता� पुरोगः (sa 쾱ṃv岹Գī� vadatā� puroga�) (papraccha) R.14.31. मत्संबन्धात्कश्मला किंवदन्ती (matsaṃbandhātkaśmalā 쾱ṃv岹Գī) Uttararāmacarita 1.42; Uttararāmacarita 1.4.
ṃv岹Գپ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kim and vadanti (वदन्ति).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṃv岹Գپ (किंवदन्त�).—f.
(-Գپ�) Rumour, report. E. 쾱� what, vad to say, and jhic Unadi affix, or with jhac and ṅīṣ affixes 쾱ṃv岹Գī.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṃv岹Գī (किंवदन्ती).—i. e. 쾱-岹Գī (participle pres. f. of vad), f. Report, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] 39, 7.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ṃv岹Գī (किंवदन्ती):—[=쾱�-岹Գī] [from 쾱�-vadanta > 쾱� > kim] f. ([Uṇādi-sūtra iii, 50]) ‘what do they say?� the common saying or rumour, report, tradition, tale, [Prabodha-candrodaya; Dhūrtasamāgama; ᾱٴDZ貹ś]
2) ṃv岹Գپ (किंवदन्त�):—[=쾱�-vadanti] [from 쾱� > kim] f. = -岹Գī before, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKimvadanti (किम्वदन्ति):—[kimva-danti] (Գپ�) 2. f. Rumour.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)ṃv岹Գī (किंवदन्ती) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: ṃvⲹṃtī.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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 dictionaryKiṃvadaṃtī (किंवदंती) [Also spelled kanvdanti]:�(nf) rumour; hearsay, tradition.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKiṃvadaṃti (ಕಿಂವದಂತಿ):—[noun] idle talk and rumours, usu. without a solid base.
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 Dictionaryṃv岹Գī (किंवदन्ती):—n. 1. traditional hearsay; 2. rumor;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Kim, Kuvam, Danti, Vadanti.
Starts with: Kimvadantiprashna.
Full-text: Kimvadantiprashna, Kanvdanti, Ituvanti, Kinvadanti, Kimvayamti, Kimvadanta, Knuy, Kashmala, Anuvada.
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