貹ṇa, Arpana: 19 definitions
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貹ṇa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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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In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra貹ṇa (अर्प�, “presentation�) refers to “recital proper� and represents one of six “elements of diction� (ṅg). According to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 19, these six elements of diction are part of the ‘vocal representation� (峦첹), which is used in communicating the meaning of the drama and calling forth the sentiment (rasa). The term is used throughout ṭyśٰ literature.
貹ṇa refers to recitation which, as it were, fills the auditorium with graceful modulation of voice. 貹ṇa can be used in the Comic and the Erotic Sentiment.

Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, ṭyśٰ) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation貹ṇa (अर्प�) refers to “dedication� and represents one of the nine-fold (Բ) devotion (bhakti), as explained in the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.23, as Śiva said to Satī:—“[...] O Goddess Satī, listen, I shall explain the great principle whereby the remorseful creature becomes a liberated soul (mukta). [...] Devotion (bhakti) to me is considered as the bestower of worldly pleasures and salvation. It is achievable only by my grace. It is nine-fold (Բ) [viz., 貹ṇa]. There is no difference between devotion and perfect knowledge. A person who is engrossed in devotion enjoys perpetual happiness. Perfect knowledge never descends in a vicious person averse to devotion. [...] According to scholars O Goddess, the nine ancillary adjuncts are:—[viz., 貹ṇa, ‘dedication�...]. O Śiva, its further subdivisions too have been explained�.
貹ṇa (‘dedication�) detailed explanation: “dedicating everything, the body and other possessions, for the propitiation of the godhead and retaining nothing for oneself is called dedication�.

The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra Tantra貹ṇa (अर्प�) refers to the “offerings� (of inviting, reverence and oblation), according to the Netratantroddyota commentary on the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 8.4.7, while describing the purification process of the initiand]—“Next, after [the Mantrin has] caused the cessation, etc. [of differentiation], as taught of the eight-fold subtle body through the offerings (貹ṇa) of inviting, reverence and oblation, [and] after he has purified all the paths, after he has first united [the initiand] with all the other tattvas, beginning with 첹, he should then] cut off of the topknot and perform homa. [...]�.

Shaiva (शै�, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Dharmashastra (religious law)
: Oxford Academic: Homo Ritualis: Hindu Ritual and Its Significance to Ritual Theory貹ṇa (अर्प�) refers to “giving (of vermilion)�, and represents one of the traditional marriage rituals, according to Dadhirāma Marāsini’s 19th century Vivāhapaddhati (part of his Karmakāṇḍabhāskara) which is based on the Pāraskara-Gṛhyasūtra, a domestic manual in the Mādhyandina school of the Vājasaneyisaṃhitā.—If performed traditionally, high caste marriages among the Parbatiyas (Parbates/Paharis/Pahadis) or Indo-Nepalese people in Nepal are normally executed by following the course of events as presented in marriage manuals. The Sindura-貹ṇa rite is mentioned under the header called Other rites.

Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्�, dharmaśāstra) 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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary貹ṇa (अर्प�).—n (S) Offering or presenting. 2 Giving or bestowing.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English貹ṇa (अर्प�).�n Presenting, giving. arpaṇēṃ, arpiṇēṃ v t Give, offer.
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 dictionary貹ṇa (अर्प�).—[�-ṇi-�]
1) Placing or putting upon, setting upon; � तस्य दृष्टयर्पणसंप्रचोदित� (sa tasya dṛṣṭay貹ṇasaṃpracodita�) 峾.5.47.2; पादार्पणानुग्रहपूतपृष्ठम� (貹ṇānܲūٲṛṣṻ) R.2.35.
2) Inserting, placing or putting in.
3) Giving, offering, resigning; स्वदेहार्प�- निष्क्रयेण (svadehārpaṇa- niṣkrayeṇa) R.2.55; मुखार्पणेष� प्रकृतिप्रगल्भाः (mukhārpaṇeṣu prakṛtipragalbhā�) 13.9; तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम् (tatkuruṣva mad貹ṇam) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 9.27.
4) Restoration, delivery, giving back; न्यास� (Բ°) Ak.
5) Piercing, perforating; यद्यद् द्युत्तं लिखितमर्पणेन (yadyad dyutta� likhitamarpaṇena) Av.12.3.22; तीक्ष्णतुण्डार्पणैग्रीवा� नखैः सर्वां व्यदार- यत� (tīkṣṇatuṇḍārpaṇaigrīvā� nakhai� sarvā� vyadāra- yat) Rām. (Said to mean also fire, god, an oblation, a Mantra and the tongue of fire. Tv.
Derivable forms: 貹ṇam (अर्पणम�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary貹ṇ� (अर्पणा).�(compare also vyarpaṇ�; probably = Pali appanā; in Sanskrit only °ṇa, nt., not in this meaning), �fixing of thought …application of mind, especially in jhāna = complete concen- tration, ecstasy� (Critical Pali Dictionary): Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 7428; Tibetan ḥbul ba, gtod, etymolog. renderings, giving, delivering.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary貹ṇa (अर्प�).—nf.
(-ṇa�-ṇ�) 1. Delivering, entrusting. 2. Placing in or upon. E. � to go, in the causal form, yac aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary貹ṇa (अर्प�).—i. e. �, [Causal.] + ana, n. 1. Offering, [峾ⲹṇa] 4, 28, 22. 2. Returning, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] 72, 19. 3. Putting on, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 35.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary貹ṇa (अर्प�).—[feminine] ī procuring, getting, conferring; [neuter] 貹ṇa throwing, sending, putting in or on, delivering, entrusting, offering, sacrifice; transmission, restitution.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 貹ṇa (अर्प�):—[from arpaya] mf(ī)n. procuring, [Mahābhārata xiii, 1007]
2) [v.s. ...] consigning, entrusting
3) [v.s. ...] n. inserting, fixing, [峾ⲹṇa]
4) [v.s. ...] piercing, [Atharva-veda xii, 3, 22]
5) [v.s. ...] placing in or upon, [Raghuvaṃśa ii, 35]
6) [v.s. ...] offering, delivering, consigning, entrusting of ([genitive case] or in [compound])
7) [v.s. ...] giving back, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary貹ṇa (अर्प�):—[(ṇa�-ṇ�)] 1. n. f. Delivering up.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)貹ṇa (अर्प�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: 貹ṇa, 辱ṇaṇa.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary貹ṇa (अर्प�) [Also spelled arpan]:�(nm) an offering; surrender(ing); assignment; cession.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus貹ṇa (ಅರ್ಪ�):�
1) [noun] an offer for acceptance; tender; a proffer.
2) [noun] an act of submitting or dedicating a work, book, etc. as a mark of respect or affection; dedication.
3) [noun] that which is offered, dedicated.
4) [noun] the act of inserting in; laying in; an inlay.
5) [noun] a placing or putting upon.
6) [noun] the act of giving back; retuning; restoration.
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 Dictionary貹ṇa (अर्प�):—n. 1. offering; 2. donation;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text (+21): Samarpana, Pratyarpana, Ankurarpana, Brahmarpana, Panarpana, Devarpana, Anarpana, Vyarpana, Tadarpana, Karnarpana, Arpan, Bhujarpana, Arpanam, Arpane, Arpanamimamsa, Sindurarpana, Appinana, Pratyarpita, Samarpayitavya, Arppanam.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 10.45.5 < [Sukta 45]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 3.3.91 < [Part 3 - Fraternal Devotion (sakhya-rasa)]
Verse 2.4.114 < [Part 4 - Transient Ecstatic Disturbances (vyābhicāri-bhāva)]
Verse 2.1.269 < [Part 1 - Ecstatic Excitants (vibhāva)]
Bhagavad-gita (with Vaishnava commentaries) (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 4.24 < [Chapter 4 - Jñāna-Yoga (Yoga through Transcendental Knowledge)]
Verse 18.25 < [Chapter 18 - Mokṣa-yoga (the Yoga of Liberation)]
Verse 9.27 < [Chapter 9 - Rāja-guhya-yoga (Yoga through the most Confidential Knowledge)]
Sanskrit Words In Southeast Asian Languages (by Satya Vrat Shastri)
Page 47 < [Sanskrit words in the Southeast Asian Languages]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.8.185 < [Chapter 8 - The Manifestation of Opulences]
Verse 2.6.135 < [Chapter 6 - The Lord’s Meeting with Advaita Ācārya]
International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
Review of sleep in relation to deha prakruthi < [2013, Issue 5 Sep-Oct]
A comparative clinical study of vajeekarana ghrita and shatavaryadi yoga in the management of ksheena shukra (oligo-asthenozoospermia) < [2021, Issue 1, January]
ROLE OF MEDICATED GHRITHA / TAILA IN FEMALE INFERTILITY w.s.r ANOVULATION: A REVIEW < [2023, Issue 04, April]