Gunavada, Guṇavāda, Guna-vada: 6 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGuṇavāda (गुणवाद).—
1) pointing out good merits.
2) a statement in a secondary sense; गुणवादस्तु (guṇavādastu) MS. 1.2.1 (Śabara explains this as : gauṇa eṣa vādo bhavati yat sambandhini stotavye sambandhyantaraṃ stūyate | ŚB. on ibid.).
3) a statement contradictory to other arguments; Madhusūdana.
Derivable forms: guṇavādaḥ (गुणवादः).
Guṇavāda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms guṇa and vāda (वाद).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumGuṇavāda (गुणवाद) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[nyāya] by Yāmunācārya. Oppert. Ii, 3630.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Guṇavāda (गुणवाद):—[=guṇa-vāda] [from guṇa] m. a statement meant figuratively, [Jaimini i, 2, 10]
2) [v.s. ...] a statement contradictory to other arguments, [Madhusūdana]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusGuṇavāda (ಗುಣವಾದ):—
1) [noun] the act of pointing out good qualities, merits, etc.
2) [noun] an additional explanation given to a word or argument, when its literary meaning or idea seems to be repugnant to the context.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Vada, Vata, Guna.
Ends with: Sadgunanirgunavada, Sagunanirgunavada.
Full-text: Yamuna acarya svamin, Bhutartha, Arthavada.
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