Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for सायण

3 dictionaries · exact headword

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

सायणsāyaṇaN. of a very learned Brāhmaṇa and a Vedic commentator, supposed to have flourished about 137 A. D.

Name of a very learned Brāhmaṇa and a Vedic commentator, supposed to have flourished about 137 Atmanepada D.

Source: Apte

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

सायणsāyaṇam. (said to be a Dra7vid2a द्रा*विड word) N. of a learned Bra1hman Brahman (also called Sa1yan2ama1dhava…

masculine gender (said to be a Dra7vid2a द्रा*विड word) Name of a learned Bra1hman Brahman (also called Sa1yan2ama1dhava सायणमाधव and Sa1yan2a7ca1rya सायणाचार्य; he was son of Ma1yan2a मायण, pupil of Vishn2u विष्णु Sarva-jn5a सर्व-ज्ञ and of S3am2kara7nanda शंकरानन्द; and flourished under Bukka बुक्क I of Vijaya-nagara विजय-नगर or Vidya1-nagara विद्या-नगर [A.D. 1350-1379] and his successor Harihara हरिहर, and died in 1387; of more than a hundred works attributed to him, among which are commentaries on nearly all parts of the Veda वेद, some were carried out by his pupils, and some were written in conjunction with his brother Ma1dhava7ca1rya माधवा*चार्य or Vidya7ran2ya-sva1min विद्यारण्य-स्वामिन्) .

Source: Monier-Williams

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

सायणsāyaṇa[sâyana] m. N. of celebrated commen- tator (died 1387; also called Sâyana-mâdhava and Sâyana ͜ âkârya) on…

[sâyana] masculine noun of celebrated commen- tator (died 1387; also called Sâyana-mâdhava and Sâyana ͜ âkârya) on numerous Vedic, philosophical, and grammatical works.

Source: Macdonell

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