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rational meaning in Sanskrit

सांख्य sāṃkhya

/ˈɹæʃ(ə)nəl/

rational in Sanskrit: सांख्य (sāṃkhya). In English, rational means capable of reasoning.

Sanskrit words for rational

rational, or discriminative
सांख्य sāṃkhya

English meaning of rational

  1. adjective Capable of reasoning.
  2. adjective Behaving according to some partial order of preferences.
  3. adjective Logically sound; not self-contradictory or otherwise absurd.
  4. adjective Healthy or balanced intellectually; exhibiting reasonableness.

Full definition of rational

rational in a sentence

  • Man is a rational creature.
  • His statements were quite rational.
  • ¾ is a rational number, but √2 is an irrational number.

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Questions about rational in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of rational in Sanskrit?
Rational in Sanskrit is सांख्य (sāṃkhya).
rational इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Rational: सांख्य (sāṃkhya).
What does rational mean in English?
Rational means capable of reasoning.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “rational”: सांख्य. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: rational (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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