Angaprasthana, Aṅgaprasthāna: 1 definition

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Angaprasthana means something in 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.

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[«previous next»] — Angaprasthana in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

aṅgaprasthāna (अंगप्रस्थान).—s n (S) Alighting, after leaving one's own house to enter upon a journey, at a neighbor's house, or a contiguous place, and spending there the remainder of that day. (Because on that very day, from the auspiciousness of the juncture &c. it is desirable to commence the contemplated journey; yet, from lateness or other circumstance, the actual setting forth may be inconvenient.)

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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.

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