Mahayamaka, Mahāyamaka, Maha-yamaka: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMahāyamaka (महायमक).—'a great Yamaka', i. e. a stanza all the four lines of which have exactly the same words, though different in sense; e. g. see Kirātārjunīya 15.52, where विकाशमीयुर्जगतीशमार्गणाः (vikāśamīyurjagatīśamārgaṇāḥ) has four different senses; cf. also बभौ मरुत्वान् विकृतः समुद्रः (babhau marutvān vikṛtaḥ samudraḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 1.19.
Derivable forms: mahāyamakam (महायमकम्).
Mahāyamaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and yamaka (यमक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahāyamaka (महायमक).—n.
(-kaṃ) A stanza wholly consisting of yamakas, (i. e.) having all the four padas identical in sound though different in sense.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahāyamaka (महायमक):—[=mahā-yamaka] [from mahā > mah] n. a verse in which all four Pādas contain words with exactly the same sounds, but different senses (e.g. [Kirātārjunīya xv, 52 or; Bhaṭṭi-kāvya x, 20]).
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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.
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Partial matches: Maha, Yamaka.
Starts with: Mahayamaka Vagga.
Full-text: Abhiya, Parshvanathastavana.
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