Anritukanya, Anṛtukanyā, Anritu-kanya: 3 definitions
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Anritukanya 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.
The Sanskrit term Anṛtukanyā can be transliterated into English as Anrtukanya or Anritukanya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAnṛtukanyā (अनृतुकन्या).—a girl before menstruation.
Anṛtukanyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anṛtu and kanyā (कन्या).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnṛtukanyā (अनृतुकन्या):—[=an-ṛtu-kanyā] [from an-ṛtu] f. a girl before menstruation.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnṛtukanyā (अनृतुकन्या):—[karmadharaya compound] f.
(-nyā) A girl before menstruation or about ten years old. E. anṛtu Ii. and kanyā.
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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