Adhvarakalpa, Adhvarakalpā, Adhvara-kalpa: 3 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAdhvarakalpā (अध्वरकल्पा).—on optional sacrifice (kāmyeṣṭi).
Adhvarakalpā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms adhvara and kalpā (कल्पा).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Adhvarakalpa (अध्वरकल्प):—[=adhvara-kalpa] [from a-dhvara] mfn. equivalent to a sacrifice called Adhvara, [Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā]
2) Adhvarakalpā (अध्वरकल्पा):—[=a-dhvara-kalpā] [from a-dhvara] f. Name of an optional sacrifice (Kāmyeṣṭi).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhvarakalpā (अध्वरकल्पा):—[tatpurusha compound] f.
(-lpā) One of the Kāmyeṣṭis (q. v.) or voluntary iṣṭis with three yāgas (q. v.) in the morning, in the middle of the day and in the evening, which may be instituted by a man of either of the three first classes. E. adhvara and kalpa.
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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