Adhikatithi, Adhika-tithi: 3 definitions
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Adhikatithi 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.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAdhikatithi (अधिकतिथि).—f.
Derivable forms: adhikatithiḥ (अधिकतिथिः).
Adhikatithi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms adhika and tithi (तिथि).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhikatithi (अधिकतिथि):—[=adhika-tithi] [from adhika > adhi] mf. an intercalary lunar day.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhikatithi (अधिकतिथि):—[karmadharaya compound] m. f.
(-thiḥ-thiḥ) An intercalary lunar day. When no tithi (q. v.) begins or ends in a solar day, the numeral of the preceding is repeated in the calendar, the first tithi being accounted the intercalated and the second the proper one. Compare kṣayatithi. E. adhika and tithi.
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: Tithi, Adhika.
Full-text: Adhikadina, Adhika.
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