Adhishrayana, Adhiśrayaṇa: 5 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Adhiśrayaṇa can be transliterated into English as Adhisrayana or Adhishrayana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Adhiśrayaṇa (अधिश्रयण).—[śri-śrī-bhāve-lyuṭ] Placing a kettle on fire; warming, boiling.

-ṇī [adhiśrīyate pacyate'tra, ādhāre lyuṭ ṅīp] An oven, a fire-place.

Derivable forms: adhiśrayaṇam (अधिश्रयणम्).

See also (synonyms): adhiśrapaṇa.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adhiśrayaṇa (अधिश्रयण):—[=adhi-śrayaṇa] [from adhi-śri] n. the act or ceremony of putting on the fire

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adhiśrayaṇa (अधिश्रयण):—[tatpurusha compound] I. n.

(-ṇam) Placing over the fire a pot &c. (the reverse of avaśrayaṇa q. v.); also as a sacrificial act which occurs in several sacrifices, the Darśapūrṇamāsa, Vājapeya &c. Ii. f.

(-ṇī) A furnace or fire-place. E. śri with adhi, kṛt aff. lyuṭ, in the fem. with ṅīp.

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Adhishrayana in German

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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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