Anvarohana, Anvārōhaṇa, Աdzṇa: 8 definitions
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Anvarohana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryanvārōhaṇa (अन्वारोह�).—n S See anugamana in the second sense.
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 dictionaryԱdzṇa (अन्वारोह�).—A woman's ascending the funeral pile a>ter or with the body of her husband.
Derivable forms: Աdzṇa (अन्वारोहणम�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryԱdzṇa (अन्वारोह�).—n.
(-ṇa�) Mounting the funeral pile after or with the body of the husband. E. anu, and dzṇa ascending.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryԱdzṇa (अन्वारोह�):—[=anv-dzṇa] [from Ա-ܳ] n. (a widow’s) ascending the funeral pile after or with the body of a husband, ([gana] Գܱ徱 q.v.)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryԱdzṇa (अन्वारोह�):—[tatpurusha compound] n.
(-ṇa) Mounting the funeral pile after, or with, the body of the husband, self-immolation of a widow on the funeral pile; e. g. anvārohaṇe tu putra� svapitraiva mātu� sāpiṇḍya� kuryāt. Comp. anugamana and Գܰdzṇa. E. anu and dzṇa.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryԱdzṇa (अन्वारोह�):—[Ա+dzṇa] (ṇa�) 1. n. Burning with or after the dead husband.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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.
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Partial matches: Aruhana.
Full-text: Anvarohaniya, Anurohana.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
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