Purnabhisheka, Pūrṇābhiṣēka, Pūrṇābhiṣeka, Purna-abhisheka: 6 definitions
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Purnabhisheka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.
The Sanskrit terms Pūrṇābhiṣēka and Pūrṇābhiṣeka can be transliterated into English as Purnabhiseka or Purnabhisheka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarypūrṇābhiṣēka (पूर्णाभिषेक).—m (S) The sprinkling, at the close of certain rites, with the water of the kalaśa or of the last-filled ghaṭikā, of the yajamāna or orderer of the rite. 2 The sprinkling by the Guru of his śiṣya after having communicated to him the power of wielding a mantra. 3 Jocosely. Full description or depicture of a person by an array of all the virtues or vices which characterize him.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPūrṇābhiṣeka (पूर्णाभिषेक).—a kind of अभिषेकः (abhiṣekaḥ) known in tantraśāstra as belonging to कौलपन्थ (kaulapantha).
Derivable forms: pūrṇābhiṣekaḥ (पूर्णाभिषेकः).
Pūrṇābhiṣeka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pūrṇa and abhiṣeka (अभिषेक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumPūrṇābhiṣeka (पूर्णाभिषेक) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[tantric] Rādh. 27.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPūrṇābhiṣeka (पूर्णाभिषेक):—[from pūrṇa > pūra] m. a [particular] ceremony among the Śāktas, [Horace H. Wilson]
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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: Abhisheka, Purna.
Starts with: Purnabhishekapaddhati, Purnabhishekavidhi.
Full-text: Purnabhishekapaddhati, Purnabhishikta, Narasimhadhvarin, Bhaga, Bhasuranandanatha, Bhaskararaya.
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