Category: educationPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Intermediate

ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯ

/viśvavidyālaya/Roman

English meaning: university

Kannada Definition

(ಕನ್ನಡ)

ಪದವಿ ಮತ್ತು ಸ್ನಾತಕೋತ್ತರ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ನೀಡುವ ಉನ್ನತ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ.

English Definition

A higher education institution offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.

Example

ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಅನೇಕ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯಗಳಿವೆ.

In English: There are many universities in Bengaluru.

Synonyms

  • ವಿ.ವಿ.

Literary Heritage

ಕಾಯಕವೇ ಕೈಲಾಸ

/Kayakave kailasa/

Work itself is paradise — honest labour is divine.

Basavanna · Philosopher, Social Reformer & Poet · 1131–1167 CE

Vachanas

Basavanna's foundational teaching on the dignity of labour

ಓ ನನ್ನ ಚೇತನ ಆಗು ನೀ ಅನಿಕೇತನ

/O nanna chetana aagu nee aniketana/

O my spirit, become one without a fixed abode — free, boundless, universal.

Kuvempu (K. V. Puttappa) · Rashtra Kavi (National Poet of Karnataka) · 1904–1994

Viswamanuva Geete

Kuvempu's call for a universal human identity beyond caste, religion, and region

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