Agnikriya, Agnikriyā, Agni-kriya: 5 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAgnikriyā (अग्निक्रिया).—[agninā nirvartitā kriyā, śāka. ta.]
1) obsequies, funeral ceremonies.
2) branding; भेषजाग्निक्रियासु च (bheṣajāgnikriyāsu ca) Y.3.284.
Agnikriyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agni and kriyā (क्रिया).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAgnikriyā (अग्निक्रिया).—f. a religious act performed by means of fire, as burning of a corpse.
Agnikriyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agni and kriyā (क्रिया).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAgnikriyā (अग्निक्रिया):—[tatpurusha compound] f.
(-yā) A religious act as obsequies &c. performed by the means of fire, particularly the burning of a corpse. E. agni and kriyā.
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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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