Vriddhaseva, Vṛddhasevā: 5 definitions
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Vriddhaseva means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
The Sanskrit term Vṛddhasevā can be transliterated into English as Vrddhaseva or Vriddhaseva, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: The Kavyavilasa of Ciranjiva Bhattacarya (kavyashastra)Vṛddhasevā (वृद्धसेवा) refers to the “listening to the instructions of the preceptor” and represents one of the six kinds of prakīrṇa (miscellaneous causes): one of the three “constituents of poetry” (kāvyāṅga) designated by Ācārya Vāmana in his Kāvyālaṅkārasūtravṛtti (also see the Kāvyaprakāśa).
Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛddhasevā (वृद्धसेवा).—f.
(-vā) Reverence for old age. E. vṛddha, and sevā service.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛddhasevā (वृद्धसेवा).—[feminine] reverence for the aged.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛddhasevā (वृद्धसेवा):—[=vṛddha-sevā] [from vṛddha > vṛdh] f. reverence for the aged, [Kāmandakīya-nītisāra]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛddhasevā (वृद्धसेवा):—[vṛddha-sevā] (vā) 1. f. Reverence to age.
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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Partial matches: Vriddha, Seva, Ceva.
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