Sabda

Sabda [Printed book page 0992-a] Śabda, as, m. (in the Upaniṣads also am, n.; thought by some to be connected with rt. 3. śap + 2. da), sound, noise; a sound; a word, significant word; (in gram.) a declinable word (as a noun, pronoun, &c.); grammar; verbal communication, oral evidence, verbal authority (as one of the Pra- māṇas, see pra-māṇa). —Śabda-kāra, as, ī, am, making noise or sound, sounding, sonorous. —Śabda- koṣa, as, m. ‘word-repository,’ a dictionary, voca- bulary. —Śabda-kaustubha, ‘word-jewel,’ N. of a commentary by Bhaṭṭoji on the Mahā-bhāṣya. —Śabda-gata, as, ā, am, being or residing in a word (as a poetical or metaphorical meaning). —Śabda-guṇa, as, m. the quality of sound; a particular quality or style of speech. —Śabda-graha, as, m. perceiving or catching sound; the ear; a fabulous arrow. —Śabda-grāma, as, m. the compass or range of sound. —Śabda-candrikā, f. ‘elucidation of words,’ N. of a lexicon by Cakra-pāṇi-datta. —Śabda-cāturya, am, n. skill in words, cleverness of diction, eloquence. —Śabda-citra, as, ā, am, various or fanciful in sound (as poetry). —Śabda- cora, as, m. ‘word-thief,’ a plagiarist. —Śabda-ja, as, ā, am, arising from sound, produced by words, by verbal communication. —Śabda-tanmātra, am, Page0992-b+ 81 n. the subtile element of sound. —Śabda-nityatva, am, n. the eternity of sound. —Śabda-nirṇaya, as, m. ‘word-investigation,’ N. of a work by Vāca- spati-miśra. —Śabda-pati, is, m. ‘word-lord,’ a mere nominal sovereign, (according to Malli-nātha śabdata eva patir na tv arthataḥ, Raghu-v. VIII. 51.) —Śabda-pātin, ī, inī, i, flying with a sound, making a noise in flight (said of an arrow); falling with a sound. —Śabda-pramāṇa, am, n. verbal testimony or proof, oral evidence. —Śabda-prāch, ṭ, ṭ, ṭ, enquiring after (the meaning of) a word. —Śabda-bodha, as, m. (in phil.) knowledge (de- rived) from verbal testimony. —Śabda-brahman, a, n. ‘word-spirit,’ i. e. the Veda considered as a revealed word or sound and identified with Brahman, the Supreme Spirit. —Śabda-bheda, as, m. difference or distinction of sound. —Śabda-bheda-prakāśa, as, m., N. of an appendix to the Viśva-prakāśa (con- taining a list of words similar in sound but different in meaning). —Śabda-bhedin, ī, m. ‘sound-piercer,’ epithet of Arjuna [cf. śabda-vedhin]; the anus; a particular fabulous arrow (which pierces an object the sound of which only is heard). —Śabda-mātra, am, n. sound only, a mere sound. —Śabda-mālā, f. ‘a collection of words,’ N. of a lexicon by Rāme- śvara-śarman. —Śabda-yoni, is, f. ‘word-source,’ the source or origin of a word, a radical word, root. —Śabda-ratna, am, n. ‘word-jewel,’ N. of a lexicon. —Śabda-ratnākara (°na-āk°), as, m. ‘mine of word-gems,’ N. of a dictionary of syno- nyms by Mahīpa. —Śabda-ratnāvalī (°na-āv°), f. ‘word-necklace,’ N. of a lexicon of synonyms by Mathureśa. —Śabda-liṅgārtha-candrikā (°ga- ar°), f. ‘elucidation of the gender and meaning of words,’ N. of a lexicon. —Śabda-virodha, as, m. opposition of words in a sentence. —Śabda-viśeṣa, as, m. difference or variety of sound; (ās), m. pl. the varieties of sound, (these the Sāṅkhya arranges according to the accents udātta, an-udātta, sva- rita, and the notes of the gamut, as ṣaḍja, ṛṣabha, gāndhāra, madhyama, pañcama, dhaivata, niṣāda, &c., q. q. v. v.) —Śabda-viśe- ṣaṇa, am, n. (in grammar) the attribute of a word, an adjective. —Śabda-vṛtti, is, f. (in rhetoric) the function of a word. —Śabdavedhi-tva, am, n. capa- bility of piercing (an invisible object) the sound (of which only is heard). —Śabda-vedhin, ī, inī, i, sound-piercing, piercing or terrifying enemies by mere shouts; (ī), m. an archer who can pierce an invisible object the sound of which only is heard; a warrior who pierces his enemies by mere shouts; epithet of Arjuna; of king Daśa-ratha. —Śabda- vailakṣaṇya, am, n. difference in word, verbal difference (as opposed to artha-vailakṣaṇya or real difference). —Śabda-śakti, is, f. the force or signification of a word. —Śabda-śabdārtha-mañ- jūṣā (°da-ar°), f. ‘a collection of words and their meanings,’ N. of a lexicon. —Śabda-śāsana, am, n. a rule or law of grammar. —Śabda-śāstra, am, n. ‘science of words,’ rules of grammar, any gram- matical treatise, grammar, philology. —Śabda-śud- dhi, is, f. purity or accuracy of language, correct use of words. —Śabda-śleṣa, as, m. play upon words, verbal equivoque, a rhetorical ornament by which the same words are used in different senses, punning. —Śabda-saṅgraha, as, m. a collection of words, vocabulary, lexicon. —Śabda-siddhi, is, f. ‘the complete use of words,’ a section of the Kāvya-kalpa- latā-vṛtti-parimala. —Śabdāḍambara (°da-āḍ°), as, m. high-sounding words, verbosity, confusion of words, bombast. —Śabdātīta (°da-at°), as, ā, am, beyond the reach of sound (used as an epithet of the deity). —Śabdādi (°da-ādi), is, m., scil. vi- ṣaya, the objects of sense beginning with sound, (these are śabda, sound; sparśa, tangibility; rūpa, form; rasa, savour; gandha, odour; see viṣaya.) —Śabdādi-dharmin, ī, iṇī, i, having the quality of sound, &c., (see viṣaya.) —Śabdādhiṣṭhāna (°da-adh°), am, n. ‘receptacle of sound,’ the ear. —Śabdādhyāhāra (°da-adh°), as, m. the supply- ing of a word (to complete an ellipsis). —Śabdānu- Page0992-c+ 79 rūpa (°da-an°), am, n. conformity to sound, imita- tion of sound. —Śabdānuśāsana (°da-an°), am, n. ‘word-instruction, word explanation,’ the giving rules for words (used as a title of Pāṇini's grammar); N. of a grammatical work by Abhinava-śākaṭāyana; of a work on grammar by Hema-candra. —Śabdāb- dhi (°da-ab°), is, m. ‘ocean of words,’ N. of a lexicon (compiled by order of Prāṇa-kṛṣṇa). —Śab- dārṇava (°da-ar°), as, m. ‘ocean of words,’ N. of a lexicon. —Śabdārtha (°da-ar°), as, m. the sense or meaning of a word; (au), m. du. a word and its sense. —Śabdārtha-kalpataru, us, m. ‘Kalpa- tree of the meaning of words,’ N. of a lexicon by Veṅkaṭa. —Śabdālaṅkāra (°da-al°), as, m. verbal ornament, rhetorical use of words (as alliteration &c.). —Śabdāloka-rahasya and śabdāloka-viveka (°da-āl°), N. of two philosophical commentaries. —Śabdendu-śekhara (°da-in°), as, m., N. of a work by Nāgeśa-bhaṭṭa. 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