Antahpura, Antaḥpura, Antar-pura: 9 definitions

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Antahpura means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, 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.

India history and geogprahy

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Antaḥpura.—cf. karaṇa (LP); the royal harem. (ML), the household; same as avarodhana in Aśoka's edicts. Note: antaḥpura is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

antaḥpura (अंतःपुर).—n (S) The inner or female apartments; the gynæceum or seraglio.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

antaḥpura (अंतःपुर).—n The seraglio. The inner or female apartments.

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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.

Sanskrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Antaḥpura (अन्तःपुर).—[antaḥ abhyantaraṃ puraṃ gṛham, or purasyāntaḥsthitam]

1) inner apartment of a palace (set apart for women); female or women's apartments, seraglio, harem (so called from their being situated in the heart of the town, for purposes of safety); व्यायम्याप्लुत्य मध्याह्ने भोक्तुमन्तःपुरं विशेत् (vyāyamyāplutya madhyāhne bhoktumantaḥpuraṃ viśet) Ms.7.216,221,224; कन्यान्तःपुरे कश्चित्प्रविशति (kanyāntaḥpure kaścitpraviśati) Pt.1.

2) inmates of the female apartments, a queen or queens, the ladies taken collectively; अन्तःपुराणि सर्वाणि रुदमानानि सत्वरम् (antaḥpurāṇi sarvāṇi rudamānāni satvaram) Rām.6.111.111. °विरहपर्युत्सुकस्य राजर्षेः (virahaparyutsukasya rājarṣeḥ) Ś.3; K.58; ततो राजा सान्तःपुरः स्वगृह- मानीयाभ्यर्चितः (tato rājā sāntaḥpuraḥ svagṛha- mānīyābhyarcitaḥ) Pt.1; कस्यचिद्राज्ञोऽन्तःपुरं जलक्रीडां कुरुते (kasyacidrājño'ntaḥpuraṃ jalakrīḍāṃ kurute) ibid. °प्रचारः (pracāraḥ) gossip of the harem Ms.7.153; °समागतः (samāgataḥ) Ś.4; also in pl.; कदाचिदस्मत्प्रार्थनामन्तःपुरेभ्यः कथयेत् (kadācidasmatprārthanāmantaḥpurebhyaḥ kathayet) Ś.2.; न ददाति वाचमुचितामन्तःपुरेभ्यो यदा (na dadāti vācamucitāmantaḥpurebhyo yadā) Ś.6.5. °जन (jana) women of the palace; inmates of the female apartments; °चर (cara),

Derivable forms: antaḥpuram (अन्तःपुरम्).

Antaḥpura is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms antar and pura (पुर).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Āntaḥpura (आन्तःपुर).—f. °rī, adj. or subst. (compare Sanskrit āntaḥpurikā), (women) of the harem: Lalitavistara 211.7 (verse) vijahya-m-āntaḥpuri (acc. pl.; most mss. °raṃ, unmetrical(ly)), abandoning the women of the harem.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Antaḥpura (अन्तःपुर).—n.

(-raṃ) 1. The female apartment. 2. A queen. 3. A palace. E. antar inner, and pura a house.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Antaḥpura (अन्तःपुर).—i. e. antar-pura, n. 1. The palace of a king, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 14, 28. 2. The female apartments, the gyneceum, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 7, 221. 3. The wives of a king. Sing. [Nala] 17, 31, and plur. [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 30, 12.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Antaḥpura (अन्तःपुर):—[=antaḥ-pura] [from antaḥ] n. the king’s palace, the female apartments, gynaeceum

2) [v.s. ...] those who live in the female apartments

3) [v.s. ...] a queen.

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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. 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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