Word Meanings - SARASWATI - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The sakti or wife of Brahma; the Hindoo goddess of learning, music, and poetry.
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- MUSIC HALL
A place for public musical entertainments; specif. , esp. a public hall for vaudeville performances, in which smoking and drinking are usually allowed in the auditorium. - BRAHMANISM; BRAHMINISM
The religion or system of doctrines of the Brahmans; the religion of Brahma. - BRAHMANIST; BRAHMINIST
An adherent of the religion of the Brahmans. - GODDESS
1. A female god; a divinity, or deity, of the female sex. When the daughter of Jupiter presented herself among a crowd of goddesses, she was distinguished by her graceful stature and superior beauty. Addison. 2. A woman of superior charms - LEARN
linon, for lirnon, OHG. lirnen, lernen, G. lernen, fr. the root of AS. l to teach, OS. lerian, OHG.leran, G. lehren, Goth. laisjan, also Goth lais I know, leis acquainted ; all prob. from a root meaning, to go, go over, and hence, to learn; cf. - MUSICALLY
In a musical manner. - HINDOOISM; HINDUISM
The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindoos; Brahmanism. - MUSIC DRAMA
An opera in which the text and action are not interrupted by set arias, duets, etc., the music being determined throughout by dramatic appropriateness; musical drama of this character, in general. It involves the use of a kind of melodious - MUSICALE
A social musical party. - HINDOOSTANEE; HINDUSTANI
Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language. -- n. - MUSICOMANIA
A kind of monomania in which the passion for music becomes so strong as to derange the intellectual faculties. Dunglison. - LEARNER
One who learns; a scholar. - BRAHMANESS
A Brahmani. - LEARNED
Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well-informed; as, a learned scholar, writer, or lawyer; a learned book; a learned theory. The learnedlover lost no time. Spenser. Men of - HINDOO CALENDAR; HINDU CALENDAR
A lunisolar calendar of India, according to which the year is divided into twelve months, with an extra month inserted after every month in which two new moons occur . The intercalary month has the name of the one which precedes it. The - POETRY
1. The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the faculty of imagination; the art of idealizing in thought and in expression. For poetry is the blossom and the fragrance of all human knowledge, human thoughts, human passions, emotions, - BRAHMA
The One First Cause; also, one of the triad of Hindoo gods. The triad consists of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer. Note: According to the Hindoo religious books, Brahma (with the final a short), or Brahm, is the - MUSICALNESS
The quality of being musical. - SAKTI
The divine energy, personified as the wife of a deity (Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, etc.); the female principle. - PHILOMUSICAL
Loving music. Busby. - HALF-LEARNED
Imperfectly learned. - SEA GODDESS
A goddess supposed to live in or reign over the sea, or some part of the sea. - UNLEARN
1. To forget, as what has been learned; to lose from memory; also, to learn the contrary of. I had learned nothing right; I had to unlearn everything. Milner. 2. To fail to learn. Dr. H. More. - UNLEARNED
1. Not learned; untaught; uneducated; ignorant; illiterate. 2. Not gained by study; not known. 3. Not exhibiting learning; as, unlearned verses. -- Un*learn"ed*ly, adv. -- Un*learn"ed*ness, n. - OVERLEARNED
Too learned. -- O"ver*learn"ed, adv. -- O"ver*learn"ed*ness, n. - MISLEARN
To learn wrongly.