Sapinda, ³§²¹±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹, Sapimda: 12 definitions
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In Hinduism
Dharmashastra (religious law)
: Google Books: Manusmá¹›ti with the ²Ñ²¹²Ô³Ü²ú³óÄåá¹£y²¹The term ³§²¹±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹ (सपिणà¥à¤¡) indicates the relations on the mother’s side. According to another Smá¹›ti, women are called the “mother’s sa±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹â€™â€� only up to three steps of relationship. But, as a matter of fact, marriage with relatives on the mother’s side is permitted beyond not the third, but the fifth, step of relationship. Says Gautama (4â€�3 and 5)—‘Beyond the seventh step of relationship on the Father’s side and beyond the fifth step on the mother’s side.â€� (See the ²Ñ²¹²Ô³Ü²ú³óÄåá¹£y²¹ verse 3.3)

Dharmashastra (धरà¥à¤®à¤¶à¤¾à¤¸à¥à¤¤à¥à¤�, dharmaÅ›Ästra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Sapinda in India is the name of a plant defined with Phoenix dactylifera in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Palma major Garsault (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· animaux
· Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum (1793)
· Malesia Raccolta (1890)
· Description, vertus et usages
· Species Plantarum
· Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences (1952)
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarysa±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹ (सपिंà¤�).—m (S sa for ²õ²¹³¾Äå²Ô²¹ Common, ±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹ Ball of rice &c. offered to the manes of ancestors.) One entitled to ±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹, i. e. any person of seven generations in direct line of ascent or descent: also one connected by the offering of the funeral cake to any one or all of the manes of the father, grandfather, and great grandfather, and their wives respectively, as sprung from them in directly collateral lines. The relationship stops with every fourth person; and the fifth cannot perform the offering of a cake even to the father of the deceased.
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sı辱ṇḲ¹ (सापिंड).—m A common corruption of sa±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary³§²¹±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹ (सपिणà¥à¤¡).â€�'Having the same पिणà¥à¤� (±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹) or funeral rice-ball offering', a kinsman connected by the offering of the funeral rice-ball to the Manes of certain relations; गà¥à¤°à¥à¤¦à¤¾à¤°à¥‡ सपिणà¥à¤¡à¥� वा गà¥à¤°à¥à¤µà¤¦à¥à¤µà¥ƒà¤¤à¥à¤¤à¤¿à¤®à¤¾à¤šà¤°à¥‡à¤¤à¥ (gurudÄre sapiṇá¸e vÄ guruvadvá¹›ttimÄcaret) Manusmá¹›ti 2.247;5.59; Y.1.52.
Derivable forms: sa±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹á¸� (सपिणà¥à¤¡à¤�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary³§²¹±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹ (सपिणà¥à¤¡).—m.
(-ṇḲ¹á¸�) A kinsman, especially one connected by the offering of the funeral cake to either or all of the manes of the father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, and their wives respectively, as sprung from them in directly collateral lines; the relationship stops with every fourth person, as the fifth cannot perform the offering of a cake to the father even of the deceased. The following are enumerated as Sapindas:—the son, son’s son, and son’s grandson; widow, daughter and daughter’s son; the father, the mother, the brother, brother’s son, and brother’s grandson; father’s daughter’s son; father’s brother’s son and grandson; paternal grandfather’s daughter’s son; paternal grandfather; paternal grandmother, paternal grandfather’s brother, brother’s son and grandson; and lastly the great grandfather’s daughter’s son: these all present oblations in which the deceased is either included, or may participate: other enumerations, including the oblations he was bound to offer, &c. extend the connection of Sapinda to seven persons both in an ascending or descending line. E. sa for ²õ²¹²õÄå²Ô²¹ common, and ±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹ ball of meat, &c., offered to the manes of the deceased ancestors, at the Srad'dhas performed in honour of them.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary³§²¹±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹ (सपिणà¥à¤¡).—m. a kinsman, especially one connected by the offering of the funeral cake to either or all of the manes of the father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, and their wives respectively, as sprung from them in directly collateral lines; the relationship stops with every fourth person. The following are enumerated as ³§²¹±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹s: the son, son’s son, and son’s grandson; widow, daughter, and daughter’s son; the father, the mother, the brother, brother’s son, and brother’s grandson; father’s daughter’s son; paternal grandfather; paternal grandmother; paternal grandfather’s brother, brother’s son, and grandson; and lastly, the great-grandfather’s daughter’s son. Other enumerations extend the connection of ³§²¹±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹s to seven persons, both in an ascending or descending line; cf. [²ÑÄå²Ô²¹±¹²¹»å³ó²¹°ù³¾²¹Å›Äå²õ³Ù°ù²¹] 2, 247; 3, 247. A-sa±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹, adj., f. á¸Ä�, Not descended from a relation within the sixth degree, [²ÑÄå²Ô²¹±¹²¹»å³ó²¹°ù³¾²¹Å›Äå²õ³Ù°ù²¹] 3, 5.
³§²¹±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sa and ±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹ (पिणà¥à¤�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary³§²¹±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹ (सपिणà¥à¤¡).—related (in the sixth, [originally] only in the third generation); lit. sharing the funeral cake.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ³§²¹±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹ (सपिणà¥à¤¡):—[=sa-±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹] [from sa > sa-paká¹£a] a etc. See sub voce
2) [=sa-±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹] b m. ‘having the same Piṇá¸aâ€�, a kinsman connected by the offering of the Piṇá¸a (q.v.) to certain deceased ancestors at the ÅšrÄddha (q.v.; the kinship is through six generations in an ascending and descending line, or through a man’s father, father’s father, father’s grandfather; mother, mother’s father, mother’s grandfather; son, son’s son, son’s grandson; daughter, daughter’s son etc.; and also includes father’s mother, father’s grandmother etc., also father’s brothers and sisters, mother’s brothers and sisters, and several others), [Gá¹›hya-sÅ«tra and Å›rauta-sÅ«tra; Gautama-dharma-Å›Ästra; Manu-smá¹›ti v, 60; MahÄbhÄrata] etc. ([Religious Thought and Life in India 285]; 286 [Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams 248; 266]).
3) ³§Äå±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹ (सापिणà¥à¤�):â€�n. = ²õÄå±è¾±á¹‡á¸²â²¹, Dattakac.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary³§²¹±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹ (सपिणà¥à¤¡):—[sa-±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹] (ṇḲ¹á¸�) 1. m. A kinsman, who unites in offering the funeral cake to the manes.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संसà¥à¤•ृतमà¥� (²õ²¹á¹ƒs°ìá¹›t²¹³¾), 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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusSapiṃá¸a (ಸಪಿಂà²�):—[adjective] belonging to a common ancestor.
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Sapiṃá¸a (ಸಪಿಂà²�):—[noun] a man as related to another belonging to a common ancestor.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary³§²¹±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹ (सपिणà¥à¤¡):—n. 1. (Hinduism) rice-ball offered to one's dead ancestors; 2. one entitled to pinda (पिणà¥à¤� [±è¾±á¹‡á¸²¹] ) (from others of the same group); any man in a direct line of ascent or descent extending over seven generations;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Starts with: Capintar, Sapindana, Sapindanaprayoga, Sapindanirnaya, Sapindata, Sapinday, Sapindaya.
Full-text (+22): Asapinda, Sapindata, Sapindikarana, Sapindya, Sapindanirnaya, Sapindi, Samanodaka, Sapindana, Sapindikrita, Sapindaya, Sanabhi, Capintar, Pitripanktividhana, Asapindakriyakarma, Sapindikaran, Sapinday, Sapindanaprayoga, Sapindikri, Sapindikramana, Sapindikaranakhandana.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
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Verse 9.187 < [Section XXIV - Inheritance]
Verse 9.186 < [Section XXIV - Inheritance]
Brahma Purana (critical study) (by Surabhi H. Trivedi)
11. Sraddhadhikarins < [Religion]
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40. Woman’s share in Patrimony < [Marriage, Family and Position of Women]
Gautama Dharmasutra (by Gautama)
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
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