Anuvyakhyana, Anuvyākhyāna: 7 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anuvyākhyāna (अनुव्याख्यान).—[anurūpaṃ vyākhyānam] That which comments on and explains Mantras, Sūtras &c. (mantravivaraṇam); especially, that portion of a Brāhmaṇa which explains difficult Sūtras, texts &c. occurring in another place. (mantrādīnāmanurūpārthaprakāśakaṃ vyākhyānam).

Derivable forms: anuvyākhyānam (अनुव्याख्यानम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anuvyākhyāna (अनुव्याख्यान).—[neuter] a cert. class of texts.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Anuvyākhyāna (अनुव्याख्यान) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—and anuvyākhyānanyāyavivaraṇa by Ānandatīrtha. See Brahmasūtrānuvyākhyāna.

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

Anuvyākhyāna (अनुव्याख्यान):—[=anu-vyākhyāna] [from anuvyā-khyā] n. that portion of a Brāhmaṇa which explains or illustrates difficult Sūtras, texts or obscure statements occurring in another portion, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiv.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anuvyākhyāna (अनुव्याख्यान):—[tatpurusha compound] n.

(-nam) According to the Bṛhadāraṇ-yaka-Upan., one of the eight categories or characteristics of the text of a Brāhmaṇa; it is defined either as a synonyme of arthavāda q. v. or as a passage of a Brāhmaṇa in which short and obscure dicta (or sūtra) which have occurred in another portion of the Brāhmaṇa, are discussed and explained. For the other categories comp. itihāsa, purāṇa, vidyā, upaniṣad, śloka, sūtra and vyākhyāna. E. anu and vyākhyāna.

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