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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Anurañjana (अनुरञ्जन) refers to “conciliation”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.13 (“Śiva-Pārvatī dialogue”).—Accordingly, after Śiva spoke to Pārvatī: “Having spoken to Pārvatī thus, the lord, the conciliator [i.e., bhakta-anurañjana-kara] and the blesser of the devotees spoke to the mountain thus”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

anurañjana (अनुरंजन).—n (S) Delighting, diverting, entertaining, amusing, pleasing. 2 Diversion, amusement, the state of being diverted or pleased.

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

anurañjana (अनुरंजन).—n Delighting, gratifying, keep- ing contented, conciliating.

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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 dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anurañjana (अनुरञ्जन).—Conciliating, satisfying, gratifying, pleasing, keeping contented; युक्तः प्रजानामनुरञ्जने स्याः (yuktaḥ prajānāmanurañjane syāḥ) Uttararāmacarita 1.11.

Derivable forms: anurañjanam (अनुरञ्जनम्).

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

Anurañjana (अनुरञ्जन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Loving being attached to. 2. Pleasing, giving delight to. E. anu, and rañjana delighting.

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

Anurañjana (अनुरञ्जन).—[anu-rañj + ana], n. Loving.

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

1) Anurañjana (अनुरञ्जन):—[=anu-rañjana] [from anu-rañj] n. the act of attaching or conciliating affection, love

2) [v.s. ...] pleasing.

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

Anurañjana (अनुरञ्जन):—[tatpurusha compound] n.

(-nam) 1) Loving, being attached to.

2) Pleas-ing. E. rañj (

2) in the caus.), with anu, kṛt aff. lyuṭ.

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

Anurañjana (अनुरञ्जन):—(naṃ) 1. n. Attachment.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Anurañjana (अनुरञ्जन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Aṇuraṃjaṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Anuranjana in German

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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 (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

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Aṇuraṃjaṇa (अणुरंजण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Anurañjana.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Anu, Ranjana.

Ends with: Bhaktanuranjana, Carmanuranjana, Sarvabhutanuranjana.

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