gunan.

/ˈɡʊnə/

Forms: Also goon.

Etymology: < Sanskrit guṇa.

1. In Sanskrit Grammar, the middle grade of an ablaut-series of vowels; by the native Indian grammarians viewed as produced from the weak grade by the prefixing of the vowel ă; the process of raising a vowel to the middle grade. Hence sometimes used in Indo-germanic comparative grammar for the ĕ-grade of the 0:ĕ:ŏ series. Also attributive.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [noun] > ablaut > set of > position occupied in > in Sanskrit grammar

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [noun] > ablaut > set of > position occupied in > in Indo-Germanic comparative grammar

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1804 W. Carey Gram. Sungskrit Lang. 12 The vowel which would otherwise take goon.

1835 Wollaston Skr. Gr. 5 The change is called Guna.

1841 H. H. Wilson Introd. Gram. Sanskrit Lang. (1847) 7 The purport of the terms Gun̂a and Vṛiddhi.

1841 H. H. Wilson Introd. Gram. Sanskrit Lang. (1847) 7 The Gun̂a and Vṛiddhi representatives.

1866 F. M. Müller Sanskrit Gram. 11 The corresponding Guṇa-vowel.

2. In the Sankhya philosophy of India, any one of the three dominating principles of nature.

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1862 F. Hall in Vijnána Bhikshu Sánkhya-Sára 6 (note) S'ankara's own definition is in these words: ‘The reflecting, that the gunas,—goodness, passion, and darkness,—are objects of my perception, [etc.]’.

1875 M. Williams Indian Wisdom 67 The dominance of one or other of the three Gunas, goodness, passion, or darkness.

1962 Brahmacharini Usha Ramakrishna-Vedanta Wordbk. 34 Man's mood and character vary according to the predominating guna.

1968 Jrnl. Music Acad. Madras 39 25 An exposition of Rama's Gunas as depicted by Tyagaraja.

Derivatives

ˈguna v. (transitive) to gunate v.

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1862 T. Clark Handbk. Compar. Gram. §117. 80 The four classes..are distinguished..by the use or omission of guna... The First Class both gunaes and accents the root vowel... The Sixth Class does not guna the root vowel.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	guna
释义	gunan. /ˈɡʊnə/ Forms: Also goon. Etymology: < Sanskrit guṇa. 1. In Sanskrit Grammar, the middle grade of an ablaut-series of vowels; by the native Indian grammarians viewed as produced from the weak grade by the prefixing of the vowel ă; the process of raising a vowel to the middle grade. Hence sometimes used in Indo-germanic comparative grammar for the ĕ-grade of the 0:ĕ:ŏ series. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [noun] > ablaut > set of > position occupied in > in Sanskrit grammar guna1804 vṛddhi1841 the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [noun] > ablaut > set of > position occupied in > in Indo-Germanic comparative grammar guna1866 1804 W. Carey Gram. Sungskrit Lang. 12 The vowel which would otherwise take goon. 1835 Wollaston Skr. Gr. 5 The change is called Guna. 1841 H. H. Wilson Introd. Gram. Sanskrit Lang. (1847) 7 The purport of the terms Gun̂a and Vṛiddhi. 1841 H. H. Wilson Introd. Gram. Sanskrit Lang. (1847) 7 The Gun̂a and Vṛiddhi representatives. 1866 F. M. Müller Sanskrit Gram. 11 The corresponding Guṇa-vowel. 2. In the Sankhya philosophy of India, any one of the three dominating principles of nature. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Hinduism > systems of philosophy > [noun] > Sankhya > concepts in rajas1785 sattva1785 tamas1785 guna1862 1862 F. Hall in Vijnána Bhikshu Sánkhya-Sára 6 (note) S'ankara's own definition is in these words: ‘The reflecting, that the gunas,—goodness, passion, and darkness,—are objects of my perception, [etc.]’. 1875 M. Williams Indian Wisdom 67 The dominance of one or other of the three Gunas, goodness, passion, or darkness. 1962 Brahmacharini Usha Ramakrishna-Vedanta Wordbk. 34 Man's mood and character vary according to the predominating guna. 1968 Jrnl. Music Acad. Madras 39 25 An exposition of Rama's Gunas as depicted by Tyagaraja. Derivatives ˈguna v. (transitive) to gunate v. ΚΠ 1862 T. Clark Handbk. Compar. Gram. §117. 80 The four classes..are distinguished..by the use or omission of guna... The First Class both gunaes and accents the root vowel... The Sixth Class does not guna the root vowel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1804
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