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Sabhya, : 13 definitions

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Sabhya 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 Sabhy.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1) Sabhya (सभ्य).—A son of Śamsya agni.*

  • * Vāyu-purāṇa 29. 12.

2) (सभ्य�).—Members of the assembly, punished for conscious misdirection of justice.*

  • * Matsya-purāṇa 227. 211-3.
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The Purana (पुरा�, 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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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

sabhya (सभ्य).—a (S) Polite, well-bred, fit for good company. 2 Relating to an assembly. 3 as s m A member of an assembly or a meeting.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sabhya (सभ्य).�a. [yā� sādhu yat]

1) Belonging to an assembly.

2) Fit for society.

3) Refined, polished, civilized.

4) Well-bred, polite, civil, courteous; तस्म� सभ्याः सभार्याय गोप्त्रे गुप्ततमेन्द्रिया� (tasmai sabhyā� ryāya goptre guptatamendriyā�) R.1.55; Kumārasambhava 7.29.

5) Confidential, trusty, faithful.

-ⲹ� 1 An assessor.

2) An assistant at an assembly.

3) A person of honourable parentage; प्रायेणाल्पायुषः सभ्य कलावस्मिन् युगे जनाः (prāyeṇālpāyuṣa� sabhya kalāvasmin yuge janā�) Bhāg. 1.1.1.

4) The keeper of a gaming-house.

5) The servant of the keeper of a gaming-house.

6) Name of one of the five sacred fires; सभ्यावसथ्य� चितयोऽसव� हि ते (sabhyāvasathya� citayo'savo hi te) Bhāgavata 3.13.37.

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

Sabhya (सभ्य).—mfn.

(-ⲹ�--ⲹ�) 1. Trusted, confidential, faithful. 2. Relating to an assembly, fit for or suitable to it. 3. Polite. 4. Civilized. m.

(-ⲹ�) 1. An assistant at an assembly. 2. An assessor. 3. A person of honourable parentage. 4. The keeper of a gambling-house. 5. A servent of the keeper of a gaming-house. E. an assembly, &c., yat aff.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sabhya (सभ्य).—i. e. + ya, I. adj. 1. Relating to an assembly, fit for it, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 1, 55; polite, [ʲñٲԳٰ] i. [distich] 294 (cf. [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 3, 57; sabhya-itara, vulgar). 2. Trusted, faithful. Ii. m. 1. An assistant at an assembly of scholars, [Ჹٲṅgṇ�] 5, 32; of courtiers, 86; of judges, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 40, 23. 2. A person of honourable parentage, [Bhaṭṭikāvya, (ed. Calc.)] 1, 13, 3. The keeper of a gaming-house. 4. The servant of a keeper of a gaminghouse (?), [ٲśܳٲ] in Chr. 186, 4.

� Cf. [Old High German.] sibba; [Anglo-Saxon.] sib, sibbe, ge-sib; [Gothic.] trasti-sibja, adoptatio, ga-sibjôn, reconciliare, un-sibja, iniqua; [Old High German.] sibbi, sibbo, ga-sibbo, ga-sibbôt.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sabhya (सभ्य).—[adjective] being in or relating to an assembly, also = [preceding] [masculine] assessor, judge; a cert. fire ([ritual or religion]).

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

1) Sabhya (सभ्य):—[from ] mfn. being in an assembly-hall or meeting-room, belonging to or fit for an assembly or court, suitable to good society, courteous, polite, refined, civilized, not vulgar, decorous (as speech), [Atharva-veda] etc. etc.

2) [v.s. ...] being at the court of ([genitive case]), [Vāsavadattā, [Introduction]]

3) [v.s. ...] m. an assistant at an assembly or council, ([especially]) an assessor, judge, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.

4) [v.s. ...] the keeper of a gambling. house, [Horace H. Wilson]

5) [v.s. ...] a person of honourable parentage, [ib.]

6) [v.s. ...] Name of one of the five sacred fires (See 貹ñ岵Ծ), [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Manu-smṛti iii, 100, 185; Manvarthamuktāvalī, kullūka bhaṭṭa’s Commentary on manu-smṛti]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sabhya (सभ्य):�(ⲹ�) 1. m. An assistant at an assembly; honourable person; keeper of a gaming house. a. Trusted, faithful, relating to or fit for a meeting.

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

Sabhya (सभ्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Sabbha.

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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.

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Hindi dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Sabhya in Hindi glossary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Sabhya (सभ्य) [Also spelled sabhy]:�(a) civilised/civil, courteous; —[پ] civilised race; —[ṣṭ] a civilised nation.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sabhya (ಸಭ್ಯ):—[adjective] conforming to approved social or any recognised standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc.; decent; respectable.

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Sabhya (ಸಭ್ಯ):�

1) [noun] = ಸಭ್ಯತೆ - [sabhyate -] 1.

2) [noun] (masc.) a participant of a meeting, assembly.

3) [noun] a decent, cultured, respectable man.

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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.

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Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Sabhya (सभ्य):—adj. 1. cultivated/educated in manner; polite; 2. civilized; cultured; humane;

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