Adharapana, Adharapāna, Adhara-pana: 6 definitions
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Adharapana 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.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryadharapāna (अधरपान).—n (S) Drinking the nectar of the lips, viz. kissing.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishadharapāna (अधरपान).—n Kissing. Drinking the nectar of the lips.
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 dictionaryAdharapāna (अधरपान).—kissing, lit. drinking the lower lip.
Derivable forms: adharapānam (अधरपानम्).
Adharapāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms adhara and pāna (पान).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdharapāna (अधरपान):—[=adhara-pāna] [from adhara] n. ‘drinking the lip’, kissing.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdharapāna (अधरपान):—[tatpurusha compound] n.
(-nam) Kissing. E. adhara Ii. and pāna.
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 corpusAdharapāna (ಅಧರಪಾನ):—[noun] act of pressing one’s lips on the lips of a person of other sex, with some pressure and suction, as in amorous act; kissing; a kiss.
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: Pana, Adhara.
Full-text: Adharpan.
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