Abhyatana, Abhyātāna: 6 definitions
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Abhyatana 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.
In Hinduism
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Source: Oxford Academic: Homo Ritualis: Hindu Ritual and Its Significance to Ritual TheoryAbhyatāna (अभ्यतान) or Abhyatānahoma refers to one of the various marriage rites of the Hindu Newars, mentioned in the Daśakarmavidhi: a marriage handbook from Bhaktapur containing both Hindu and Newar marriage ceremonies.—Despite many congruencies between Hindu Parbatiyā and Hindu Newar marriage handbooks, it becomes evident that Newar marriage handbooks mention specific ritual elements that cannot be found in the Brahmanical-Sanskritic texts.—The Abhyatāna-homa rite is usually performed at the house of the groom and is mentioned under the sub-heading of Fire sacrifices (vivāhahoma) and is preceded by the worship of various deities in flasks and praṇīta vessel, etc.
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAbhyātāna (अभ्यातान).—Spreading over, stretching, expansion.
Derivable forms: abhyātānaḥ (अभ्यातानः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAbhyātāna (अभ्यातान):—[=abhy-ātāna] [from abhyā-tan] m. [plural] ‘aiming at’, Name of certain war-songs, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Kauśika-sūtra]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAbhyātāna (अभ्यातान):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-naḥ) The name of several Darvihomas performed under the recital of the mantras, Taittir. Sanh. Iii. 4. 5. &c.; e. g. Mādh. Jaiminīyany.: anārabhya śrūyate . yena karmaṇertsettatra jayāñjuhuyādrāṣṭrabhṛto juhotyabhyātānāñjuhotīti . īrtsedṛddhimicchet . cittaṃ ca svāhetyādayo jayāḥ . ṛtāṣāḍityādayo rāṣṭrabhṛtaḥ . agnirbhūtānāmityādayobhyātānāḥ; or jayābhyātānanāriṣṭādiṣu darvihomeṣūtpattivākye devatāyā aśravaṇādavyaktaliṅgena somadharmāḥ kartavyā iti cet &c. E. tan with ā and abhi, kṛt aff. ghan (lit. ‘expansion’; metaph. applied to the series of sacrificial acts which constitute a sacrifice; see ātāna).
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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: Atana.
Starts with: Abhyatanahoma.
Ends with: Asabhyatana, Sabhyatana.
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