Anumarana, Anumaraṇa: 13 definitions
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Marathi-English dictionary
anumaraṇa (अनुमरण).—n Following in death.
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
Anumaraṇa (अनुमरण).—See under अनुमृ (anumṛ).
Derivable forms: anumaraṇam (अनुमरणम्).
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Anumaraṇa (अनुमरण).—Following in death; तन्मरणे चानुमरणं करिष्यामीति मे निश्चयः (tanmaraṇe cānumaraṇaṃ kariṣyāmīti me niścayaḥ) H.3; post-cremation of a widow (anumaraṇaṃ hi bhartardeśāntarādimaraṇe dehādyalābha eva); देशान्तरमृते पत्यौ साध्वी तत्पादुकाद्वयम् । निधायोरसि संशुद्धा प्रविशेज्जातवेदसम् (deśāntaramṛte patyau sādhvī tatpādukādvayam | nidhāyorasi saṃśuddhā praviśejjātavedasam) || This is allowed to Kṣatriya, Vaiṣya and other women, but not to Brāhmaṇa women; पृथक् चितां समारुह्य न विप्रा गन्तुमर्हति (pṛthak citāṃ samāruhya na viprā gantumarhati). Bāṇa severely condemns this practice; see K.173-4.
Derivable forms: anumaraṇam (अनुमरणम्).
Anumaraṇa (अनुमरण).—n.
(-ṇaṃ) Dying with or following in death; the term usually denotes the cremation of a Hindu widow, whose husband’s corpse is not on the spot, and with part of whose dress she, therefore, ascend the pile: this is prohibited to Brahman women. It is also synonimous with sahamaraṇa burning with the body. E. anu with or after, and maraṇa dying: dying with her husband.
Anumaraṇa (अनुमरण).—i. e. anu-mṛ + ana, n. Following in death, [Hitopadeśa] iii. [distich] 28.
Anumaraṇa (अनुमरण).—[neuter] the dying after, [especially] the self-cremation of a widow after her husband’s death.
1) Anumaraṇa (अनुमरण):—[=anu-maraṇa] a See anu-√mṛ.
2) [=anu-maraṇa] [from anu-mṛ] b n. following in death
3) [v.s. ...] post-cremation or concremation of a widow
4) [v.s. ...] the burning of a widow with (her husband’s corpse or with part of his dress when his body is not on the spot; cf. saha-maraṇa).
Anumaraṇa (अनुमरण):—[tatpurusha compound] n.
(-ṇam) Dying with or following in death; the term usually denotes the cremation of a Hindu widow, whose husband’s corpse is not on the spot, and with whose shoes she, therefore, ascends the pile: this is prohibited to Brāhmaṇa women; or the cremation of a widow with the body of the husband (see sahamaraṇa). E. anu and maraṇa.
Anumaraṇa (अनुमरण):—[anu-maraṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Dying after. Burning after the dead husband, and not with him.
Anumaraṇa (अनुमरण):—(von mar mit anu) n. das Nachsterben, das im-Tode-Folgen: tanmaraṇe numaraṇameṣa me dṛḍhaniścayaḥ [Hitopadeśa III, 28.] namentlich von der Selbstverbrennung der Wittwe: bhartrānumaraṇaṃ kāle yāḥ kurvanti tathāvidhāḥ . kāmātkrodhādbhayānmohātsarvāḥ pūtā bhavanti tāḥ .. [Mahābhārata Im Brahmapurāṇa] heisst es: deśāntaramṛte patyau sādhvī tatpādukādvayam . nidhāyorasi saṃśuddhā praviśejjātavedasam .. Eine Frau aus der Priesterkaste darf nach einer Smṛti (pṛthakcitiṃ samāruhya na viprā gantumarhati) den Scheiterhaufen nicht besteigen. [Śabdakalpadruma] Gegen die Wittwenverbrennung wird polemisirt [Kādambarī I, 157, 3. fgg.]
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Anumaraṇa (अनुमरण):—[Spr. 3719.]
Anumaraṇa (अनुमरण):—n. das Nachsterben , im Tode Folgen ; insbes. Selbstverbrennung der Wittwe [105,26.29.155,12.]
Anumaraṇa (अनुमरण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Aṇumaraṇa.
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
Aṇumaraṇa (अणुमरण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Anumaraṇa.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Anumaraṇa (ಅನುಮರಣ):—[noun] a woman’s burning herself with her husband’s dead body; self-immolation of a woman following the death of her husband.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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