Apanakotsava, Āpānakotsava, Apanaka-utsava: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryĀpānakotsava (आपानकोत्सव).—Drinking festival. ... समन्ताद् आपानोत्सवमनु- भवन्तीव मधुपाः (samantād āpānotsavamanu- bhavantīva madhupāḥ) | Nāg.3.8.
2) A tavern, liquor-shop, a place for drinking in company (°bhūmi); आपाने पानकलिता दैवेनाभिप्रचोदिताः (āpāne pānakalitā daivenābhipracoditāḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.2.355; ताम्बूलीनां दलैस्तत्र रचितापान- भूमयः (tāmbūlīnāṃ dalaistatra racitāpāna- bhūmayaḥ) R.4.42; Kumārasambhava 6.42; आपानकमुत्सवः (āpānakamutsavaḥ) K.32.
Derivable forms: āpānakotsavaḥ (आपानकोत्सवः).
Āpānakotsava is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms āpānaka and utsava (उत्सव). See also (synonyms): āpānotsava.
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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Partial matches: Utsava, Apanaka.
Full-text: Apanotsava.
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