Narakacaturdashi, Narakacaturdaśī: 3 definitions
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Narakacaturdashi means something in Marathi. 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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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarynarakacaturdaśī (नरकचतुर्दशी).—f (S) The 14th of āśvinavadya, the day on which viṣṇu killed the demon naraka.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishnarakacaturdaśī (नरकचतुर्दशी).—f The 14th of āśrvinavadya, the day on which viṣṇu killed the demon naraka.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusNarakacaturdaśi (ನರಕಚತುರ್ದಶಿ):—
1) [noun] the day previous to the full moon-day in the month ofāśvayuja, the seventh month in the Hindu lunar calendar.
2) [noun] the festival observed on that day.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Naraka, Caturdashi.
Full-text: Cavadivasa, Bhogin, Divali.
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