Agnipariksha, Agniparīkṣā, Agni-pariksha: 8 definitions
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Agnipariksha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
The Sanskrit term Agniparīkṣā can be transliterated into English as Agnipariksa or Agnipariksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryagniparīkṣā (अग्निपरीक्षा).—f S Fiery ordeal.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAgniparīkṣā (अग्निपरीक्षा).—[tṛ. ta.] ordeal by fire.
Agniparīkṣā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agni and parīkṣā (परीक्षा).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAgniparīkṣā (अग्निपरीक्षा).—f.
(-kṣā) The fiery ordeal, by a heated iron or boiling oil, or passing through fire. E. agni and parīkṣā trial.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAgniparīkṣā (अग्निपरीक्षा):—[=agni-parīkṣā] [from agni] f. ordeal by fire.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAgniparīkṣā (अग्निपरीक्षा):—[tatpurusha compound] f.
(-kṣā) Ordeal by fire, as formerly practised by walking through it, or as subsequently practised, by dipping the hand into boiling oil, holding a heated iron &c. E. agni and parīkṣā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAgniparīkṣā (अग्निपरीक्षा):—[agni-parīkṣā] (kṣā) 1. f. Fiery trial.
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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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Partial matches: Pariksha, Agni, Ani.
Starts with: Agniparikshaditika.
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