Annacchadana, Anna-acchadana, Annācchādana: 5 definitions
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Annacchadana 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Annachchhadana.
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Marathi-English dictionary
annācchādana (अन्नाच्छादन).—n (S anna & ācchādana) Food and raiment.
annācchādana (अन्नाच्छादन).—n Food and raiment.
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
Annācchādana (अन्नाच्छादन).—food and clothing, food and raiment, the bare necessaries of life.
Derivable forms: annācchādanam (अन्नाच्छादनम्).
Annācchādana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anna and ācchādana (आच्छादन). See also (synonyms): annavastra.
Annācchādana (अन्नाच्छादन):—[from anna] n. food and clothing.
Annācchādana (अन्नाच्छादन):—Dwandwa n.
(-nam) Food and clothing i. e. ne-cessaries of life; comp. annavastra. E. anna and ācchādana.
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: Acchadana, Anna.
Full-text: Annavastra, Annaacchadana.
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