Apasnana, Apasnāna: 11 definitions
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryapasnāna (अपस्नान).—n S Ablution after engagement about the burning of a corpse. apasnāta That has performed it.
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 dictionaryApasnāna (अपस्नान).—
1) Bathing as after mourning or upon the death of a relative; funeral bathing.
2) Impure bathing, bathing in water in which a person has previously washed himself (snānaśiṣṭaṃ jalam) Manusmṛti 4.132.
Derivable forms: apasnānam (अपस्नानम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryApasnāna (अपस्नान).—n.
(-naṃ) 1. Funereal bathing, upon the death of a connexion, after mourning, &c. 2. Impure bathing, or bathing in water with which a person has previously washed. E. apa, and snāna bathing.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryApasnāna (अपस्नान).—i. e. apa-snā + ana, n. Water which had been used for bathing, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 132.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryApasnāna (अपस्नान).—[neuter] water used (previously) for a bath.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Apasnāna (अपस्नान):—[=apa-snāna] [from apa-snāta] n. funeral bathing (upon the death of a relative, etc.), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] impure water in which a person has previously washed, [Manu-smṛti iv, 132.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryApasnāna (अपस्नान):—[tatpurusha compound] n.
(-nam) 1) Funeral bathing, upon the death of a connexion, after mourning &c.
2) Impure bathing, or bathing in water with which a person has previously washed. E. apa and snāna.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryApasnāna (अपस्नान):—[apa-snāna] (naṃ) 1. n. Funeral bathing after mourning.
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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 corpusApasnāna (ಅಪಸ್ನಾನ):—
1) [noun] a bath taken after the rituals for the dead or after hearing the news of death of a relative.
2) [noun] a bath taken in water, in which a person has previously washed himself.
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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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 4.132 < [Section XIV - Other Duties]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Appendix 1.6: New and rare words < [Appendices]