Ratigriha, Ratigṛha, Rati-griha: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Ratigṛha can be transliterated into English as Ratigrha or Ratigriha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryRatigṛha (रतिगृह).—
1) a pleasure house.
2) a brothel.
3) pudendum muliebre
Derivable forms: ratigṛham (रतिगृहम्).
Ratigṛha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rati and gṛha (गृह). See also (synonyms): ratibhavana, ratimandira.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryRatigṛha (रतिगृह).—n.
(-haṃ) 1. A pleasure house. 2. A brothel. 3. The vagina. E. rati, and gṛha abode, place.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ratigṛha (रतिगृह):—[=rati-gṛha] [from rati > ram] n. a pleasure-house, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
2) [v.s. ...] pudendum muliebre, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryRatigṛha (रतिगृह):—[rati-gṛha] (haṃ) 1. n. The vagina.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusRatigṛha (ರತಿಗೃಹ):—[noun] = ರತಿಗೇಹ [ratigeha].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryRatigṛha (रतिगृह):—n. pleasure house; brothel;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Full-text: Ratibhavana, Ratimandira, Rati.
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