Vakyakhandana, Vākyakhaṇḍana, Vakya-khandana: 5 definitions
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Vakyakhandana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryvākyakhaṇḍana (वाक्यखंडन).—n (S) Refutation of a proposition or speech. 2 Critical destruction of a sentence; demolition of its apparent fairness or correctness. 3 Breaking up of a sentence into its parts.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVākyakhaṇḍana (वाक्यखण्डन).—refutation of an assertion or argument.
Derivable forms: vākyakhaṇḍanam (वाक्यखण्डनम्).
Vākyakhaṇḍana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vākya and khaṇḍana (खण्डन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVākyakhaṇḍana (वाक्यखण्डन).—n.
(-naṃ) Refuting or criticising an assertion. E. vākya and khaṇḍana breaking.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVākyakhaṇḍana (वाक्यखण्डन):—[=vākya-khaṇḍana] [from vākya > vāc] n. refutation of an argument, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVākyakhaṇḍana (वाक्यखण्डन):—[vākya-khaṇḍana] (naṃ) 1. n. Refuting an assertion.
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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