Akanya, Akanyā: 5 definitions
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Akanya 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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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAkanyā (अकन्या).—[na. ta.] No virgin, a maid who is not so any longer; अकन्येति तु यः कन्यां ब्रूयाद् द्वेषेण मानवः (akanyeti tu yaḥ kanyāṃ brūyād dveṣeṇa mānavaḥ) Manusmṛti 8.225.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAkanyā (अकन्या).—[feminine] no (more a) maid.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAkanyā (अकन्या):—[=a-kanyā] f. not a virgin, [Manu-smṛti]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Akanyarububa.
Ends with (+38): Abhirakanya, Ashtakanya, Bhadrakanya, Bhagirathakanya, Bhojakanya, Bhujamgakanya, Bhujangakanya, Brahmakanya, Dakshakanya, Devakanya, Gajakanya, Gandharvakanya, Gopakanya, Grihakanya, Kalakanya, Kalindakanya, Kaverakanya, Kicakanya, Kichakanya, Krodakanya.
Full-text: Agnisambhava, Bali.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 198 - Śūdrī Brāhmaṇī Tīrtha < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 9.118 < [Section XIV - Shares of Unmarried Sisters]
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
4a. Kuṣṭha-roga (leprosy) in the Atharvaveda < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Remedies in Atharvaveda and Caraka-Saṃhitā]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 1: Initiation, Mercury and Laboratory (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 18 - Mercurial operations (16): Incineration of mercury (bhasmikarana) < [Chapter IV-V - Mercurial operations]