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Other / Vocabulary Item | | Hindi term or phrase: वादिना | Greetings,
In R.S.McGregor's Oxford Hindi-English dictionary, the word combination वीणा-वादिना is glossed as "lute-player: a title of the goddess Sarasvatī as patron of the arts."
However, I was unable to find the word वादिना on its own. Is it not the usual word for "player" (of an instrument)? I suppose वैणिका would be thought of as more Sanskrit than Hindi...
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Simon |
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| | English translation:It is वादिनी | Explanation:
It is available as independent word also. The masculine is वादक. |
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4 mins confidence: It is वादिनी
Explanation:
It is available as independent word also. The masculine is वादक.
Example sentence(s): | | | Grading comment | many thanks, excellent, and apologies for my wrong transcription |
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46 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +3 वादिना is a correct word, but not in this context
Explanation:
I too have R.S.McGregor's Oxford Hindi-English dictionary (1993 Edition) and I find that under the entry वीणा, the sub-entry "-- वीणा-वादिनी, f. lute-player: a title of the goddess Sarasvatī as patron of the arts." has been given and वीणा-वादिनी is correctly printed there (page 933), However, the flute-player has been misprinted as "f. lute-player".
वीणा-वादिनी is also known as सरस्वती देवी (Saraswati Devi).
The word "वादिना" has different meaning as under:
सत्य वादिना wikisource.org/wiki/बालकाण्डे_अष्टपञ्चाशः_सर्गः_॥१-...
तथा अपि सूतेन सुयुक्त वादिना । wikisource.org/wiki/अयोध्याकाण्डे_षष्ठितमः_सर्गः_॥
शृणु गाथाम् पुरा गीताम् धर्मिष्ठाम् सत्य वादिना
www.spiritualindia.org/blog/युद्धकाण्ड/श्रीमद्वाल्मीकि ...
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Note added at 11 hrs (2008-07-31 05:03:17 GMT)
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I withdraw the undernoted comments given by me above:
However, the flute-player has been misprinted as "f. lute-player".
Example sentence(s):- सिद्धस्य असिद्धस्यापि साधनत्वेनाभिमतस्य, स्वयं वादिना
- ततश्चयदपि स्वयमिति वादिना यस्तदा साधनमाह।
Reference: http://www.uwest.edu/sanskritcanon/Sastra/Devanagari/sastra5...
Reference: http://www.uwest.edu/sanskritcanon/Sastra/Devanagari/sastra6...
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