Acaralaja, Ācāralāja, Acara-laja: 2 definitions

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Acaralaja 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Acharalaja.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Acaralaja in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ācāralāja (आचारलाज).—(m. pl.) fried grain customarily showered upon a king or other important personage as a mark of respect (as when he passes through the streets of his capital); अवाकिरन्बाललताः प्रसूनैराचारलाजैरिव पौरकन्याः (avākiranbālalatāḥ prasūnairācāralājairiva paurakanyāḥ) R.2.1.

Ācāralāja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ācāra and lāja (लाज).

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Acaralaja in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ācāralāja (ಆಚಾರಲಾಜ):—[noun] the fried and popped rice grain, used to shower on in religious functions.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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