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Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Bahudāna (बहुदान) refers to “exchanges of gifts”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.53 (“Description of Śiva’s return journey”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada: “[...] Then the ladies of the city indulged in the customary utterance of foul abusive words laughing, jingling and peeping at all of them. [...] On the fourth day, the rite of caturthīkarman was performed with due observance. Without this the marriage rites would have been incomplete. There was diverse jubilant festivity. Shouts of ‘well-done’, ‘victory’ etc were heard. There were exchanges of gifts (bahudāna), sweet music and different kinds of dances. [...]”

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Bahūdana (बहूदन).—A kingdom to which Puramjana went by the entrance, Mukhya; allegorically food.^*

• * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IV. 25. 49; 29. 12.

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The Purana (पुराण, 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.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bahūdana (बहूदन).—= षड्रस (ṣaḍrasa) (anna) Collection of various kinds of food; मुख्यानाम पुरस्ताद्द्वास्तयाऽपणबहूदनौ (mukhyānāma purastāddvāstayā'paṇabahūdanau) Bhāgavata 4.25.49.

Derivable forms: bahūdanam (बहूदनम्).

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

Bahudāna (बहुदान).—1. [neuter] a rich gift.

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Bahudāna (बहुदान).—2. [adjective] giving richly, liberal.

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

1) Bahudāna (बहुदान):—[=bahu-dāna] [from bahu > bah] n. a rich gift, [Kāvya literature]

2) [v.s. ...] mfn. = -dāyin, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]

3) Bahūdana (बहूदन):—[from bahu > bah] (hu-od?) n. collection of various kinds of food (?), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

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Bahudana 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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Partial matches: Bahu, Dana, Tana.

Starts with: Bahudanadimahatmya.

Full-text: Mukhya, Puranjana.

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