Adhivedana: 8 definitions
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Adhivedana 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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAdhivedana (अधिवेदन).—[bhāve lyuṭ] = अधिवेदः (adhivedaḥ).
Derivable forms: adhivedanam (अधिवेदनम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhivedana (अधिवेदन).—n.
(-naṃ) Marrying again, whilst a former wife is living. E. adhi before vida to obtain, affix lyuṭ.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhivedana (अधिवेदन):—[=adhi-vedana] [from adhi-vid] n. marrying an additional wife.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhivedana (अधिवेदन):—[tatpurusha compound] n.
(-nam) Marrying again, whilst a former wife is living. E. vid (vidḷ) with adhi, kṛt aff. lyuṭ.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhivedana (अधिवेदन):—[adhi-vedana] (naṃ) 1. n. Marrying again while the wife is living.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAdhivēdana (ಅಧಿವೇದನ):—[noun] the act of a man marrying a second wife while the first one is alive or is not legally divorced; bigamy.
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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Partial matches: Vedana, Adhi.
Full-text: Adhivedanika.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
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