Agnivimocana, Agni-vimocana: 5 definitions
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Agnivimocana 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Agnivimochana.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAgnivimocana (अग्निविमोचन).—ceremony of lowering the sacrificial fire.
Derivable forms: agnivimocanam (अग्निविमोचनम्).
Agnivimocana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agni and vimocana (विमोचन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAgnivimocana (अग्निविमोचन):—[=agni-vimocana] [from agni] n. the act of lowering the sacrificial fire (by spreading it out).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAgnivimocana (अग्निविमोचन):—[tatpurusha compound] n.
(-nam) A sacrificial act, viz. with-drawing the fuel so as to diminish the fire after its having been made to rise in a large blaze. See agniyojana. E. agni and vimocana.
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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: Agni, Vimocana, Ani.
Full-text: Agniyojana.
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