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दारुण्य (dAruNya)

 
Capeller Eng
English
दारुण्य
n.
hardness.
Spoken Sanskrit
English
दारुण्य dAruNya
n.
harshness
Apte
English
दारुण्यम् [dāruṇyam], 1 Harshness.
Cruelty.
Dreadfulness.
Apte 1890
English
दारुण्यं 1 Harshness.
2 Cruelty.
3 Dreadfulness.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
दा॑रु°ण्य
n.
harshness (of sound,
TPrāt.
ii, 10).
Monier Williams 1872
English
दारुण्य, अम्, n. harshness (as of a sound &c.)
cruelty, dreadfulness, direness, severity, &c.
Macdonell
English
दारुण्य dāruṇ-ya,
n.
hardness.
Abhyankara Grammar
English
दारुण्य explained by the commentators on the Pratisakhya works as दृढत्व (firmness) or कठिनता (hardness, ) and given as a characteristic of the acute or उदात्त tone
cf. अायामो दारुण्यमणुता खस्येत्युच्चैःकराणि शब्दस्य, T. Pr. XXII.9, quoted in the Mahabhasya on P.I. 2.29, where दारुण्य is explained as स्वरस्य दारुणता रूक्षता
Capeller
German
दारुण्य
n.
Härte.
Stchoupak
French
दारुण्य-
nt. dureté, cruauté.