Anvadhana, Anvādhāna: 6 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAnvādhāna (अन्वाधान).—[agnisthāpanasya paścādādhānam] Putting on or depositing fuel on the sacred fires.
Derivable forms: anvādhānam (अन्वाधानम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Anvādhāna (अन्वाधान):—[=anv-ādhāna] [from anvā-dhā] n. adding or putting fuel (on the three sacred fires)
2) [v.s. ...] depositing.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnvādhāna (अन्वाधान):—[tatpurusha compound] n.
(-nam) Putting fuel (scil. to the sacri-ficial fire); e. g. dhāraṇārthatvātsomegnyanvādhānaṃ na vidyate; or vaiguṇyādidhmābarhirna sādhayedagnyanvādhānaṃ ca yadi devatārtham; or with the ellipsis of agni, e. g. prātaragnihotre hute paścādagnimuddhṛtyānvādhānaṃ kriyate. E. anu and ādhāna.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAnvādhāna (ಅನ್ವಾಧಾನ):—[noun] the act of kindling and arousing of the sacrificial fire by adding bits of dry ಅರಣಿ [arani] (Acacia suma) wood .
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Adhana, Atana.
Starts with: Anvadhanakriya.
Ends with: Agnyanvadhana.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 3.122 < [Section VIII - Śrāddhas]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 27 - The rite of sacrifice < [Section 7.2 - Vāyavīya-saṃhitā (2)]
The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 27 - The Yoga of Active Service < [Book 11 - Eleventh Skandha]
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa I, adhyāya 1, brāhmaṇa 1 < [First Kāṇḍa]