Dharmadharmapariksha, Dharmādharmaparīkṣā: 3 definitions
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Dharmadharmapariksha 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 Dharmādharmaparīkṣā can be transliterated into English as Dharmadharmapariksa or Dharmadharmapariksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDharmādharmaparīkṣā (धर्माधर्मपरीक्षा).—f.
(-kṣā) Ordeal by drawing lots or slips of black and white paper. E. dharma, adharma iniquity, parīkṣā trial.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDharmādharmaparīkṣā (धर्माधर्मपरीक्षा):—[=dharmādharma-parīkṣā] [from dharmādharma > dharma > dhara] f. the test of r° and w°, a kind of ordeal by drawing lots or slips of black and white paper [Scholiast or Commentator] on [Yājñavalkya]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDharmādharmaparīkṣā (धर्माधर्मपरीक्षा):—[dharmā+dharma-parīkṣā] < [dharmādharma-parīkṣā] (kṣā) 1. f. Ordeal by lot, drawing lots by strips of black and white paper.
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: Pariksha, Dharmadharma.
Starts with: Dharmadharmaparikshana.
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