Amshabhaj, Aṃśabhāj, Amsha-bhaj: 8 definitions

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Amshabhaj means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

The Sanskrit term Aṃśabhāj can be transliterated into English as Amsabhaj or Amshabhaj, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aṃśabhāj (अंशभाज्).—, -हर, -हारिन् (hara, -hārin) a. [उप (upa). समास (samāsa)] one who takes or has a share, one entitled to a share in the ancestral property, an heir, a co-heir; पिण्डदों (piṇḍadoṃ)?1?1'- शहरश्चैषां पूर्वाभावे परः परः (śaharaścaiṣāṃ pūrvābhāve paraḥ paraḥ) Y.2.132; जातोऽपि दास्यां शूद्रेण कामतोंऽशहरो भवेत् (jāto'pi dāsyāṃ śūdreṇa kāmatoṃ'śaharo bhavet) 133.

Aṃśabhāj is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṃśa and bhāj (भाज्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aṃśabhāj (अंशभाज्).—mfn. (bhāk) An heir, a co-heir, one who has a share or portion. E. aṃśa and bhāj who possesses.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aṃśabhāj (अंशभाज्).—[adjective] having a share, partaking of ([genetive] or —°).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aṃśabhāj (अंशभाज्):—[=aṃśa-bhāj] [from aṃśa] mfn. one who has a share, an heir, co-heir.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aṃśabhāj (अंशभाज्):—[tatpurusha compound] m. (bhāk) An heir, a coheir, one who has a share or portion. E. aṃś and bhāj.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aṃśabhāj (अंशभाज्):—[aṃśa-bhāj] (ka) 5. m. An heir.

[Sanskrit to German]

Amshabhaj in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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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