Paurohitya: 12 definitions
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Paurohitya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Paurohity.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexPaurohitya (啶啶班啶灌た啶む啶�).鈥擳he office of Purohita; B峁沨aspati for the Devas and 艢ukra for the Asuras; the low status of, as viewed by Sarmi峁ａ弓h膩, the daughter of V峁涐梗aparvana.*
- * Matsya-pur膩峁嘺 25. 9; 27. 9-11.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPaurohitya (啶啶班啶灌た啶む啶�).鈥擳he office of a family-priest; 啶ㄠぐ啶曕ぞ啶� 啶い啶苦じ啷嵿い啷� 啶氞啶む 啶啶班啶灌た啶む啶 啶膏ぎ啶距啶� (narak膩ya matiste cet paurohitya峁� sam膩cara) Pa帽catantra (Bombay) 2.63.
Derivable forms: paurohityam (啶啶班啶灌た啶む啶ぎ啷�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPaurohitya (啶啶班啶灌た啶む啶�).鈥攏.
(-迟测补峁�) The character or functions of family priest. E. purohita and 峁补帽 aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPaurohitya (啶啶班啶灌た啶む啶�).鈥攊. e. puras -hita (vb. 诲丑腻, with puras), + ya, n. The office of a family priest, Mah膩bh膩rata 1, 675.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPaurohitya (啶啶班啶灌た啶む啶�).鈥擺neuter] the office of a house-priest.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Paurohitya (啶啶班啶灌た啶む啶�):鈥擺=pauro-hitya] [from pauro] mfn. belonging to the family of a Purohita, [膧艣val膩yana-艣rauta-s奴tra]
2) [v.s. ...] n. the office of a r掳, [Kau艣ika-s奴tra; Mah膩bh膩rata; K膩vya literature etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPaurohitya (啶啶班啶灌た啶む啶�):鈥�(迟测补峁�) 1. n. Duty of a priest.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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 dictionaryPaurohitya (啶啶班啶灌た啶む啶�) [Also spelled paurohity]:鈥�(nm) priesthood.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPaur艒hitya (嗖硨嗖班硧嗖灌部嗖む硩嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] the duty, profession or qualities of a priest or domestic chaplain.
2) [noun] the quality, work or duties of a leader; leadership.
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 DictionaryPaurohitya (啶啶班啶灌た啶む啶�):鈥攏. the office of a family priest;
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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Partial matches: Pauro.
Full-text: Paurohita, Ashtadhikara, Paurokittiyam, Paurohity, Purohitadi.
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