Annaprasha, Annaprāśa, Anna-prasha: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Annaprāśa can be transliterated into English as Annaprasa or Annaprasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAnnaprāśa (अन्नप्राश).—the ceremony of giving a new-born child food to eat for the first time, one of the 16 Saṃskāras performed between the 5th and 8th month (usually in the sixth, Manusmṛti 2.34) with preliminary oblations to fire (Mar.uṣṭāvaṇa); षष्ठेऽन्नप्राशन मासि (ṣaṣṭhe'nnaprāśana māsi) Manusmṛti 2.34; Y.1.12.
Derivable forms: annaprāśaḥ (अन्नप्राशः).
Annaprāśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anna and prāśa (प्राश). See also (synonyms): annaprāśana.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnnaprāśa (अन्नप्राश):—[=anna-prāśa] [from anna] m. putting rice into a child’s mouth for the first time (one of the Saṃskāras; See saṃskāra), [Manu-smṛti ii, 34; Yājñavalkya i, 12.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnnaprāśa (अन्नप्राश):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-śaḥ) The same as the following. E. anna and prāśa.
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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Starts with: Annaprashana, Annaprashanaprayoga.
Full-text: Annaprashana.
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