The Sanskrit term Āśirvacana can be transliterated into English as Asirvacana or Ashirvacana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Ashirvachana.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Āśirvacana (आशिर्वचन) refers to “bestowing benediction”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.15 (“The birth of Jalandhara and his marriage”).—Accordingly, as Bhārgava arrived at the Asuras: “[...] After bestowing his benediction (āśirvacana) on them, Bhārgava, the storehouse of splendour, sat on a beautiful seat. They too resumed their seats as before. Then the heroic son of the ocean, Jalandhara, saw his Assembly and was delighted to observe that his sway was unmitigated. Seeing the headless Rāhu seated there, the son of the ocean, the emperor of the Asuras, immediately asked Bhārgava”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Āśirvacana (आशिर्वचन).—(āśīrvādaḥ &c.) a blessing, benediction, expression of a prayer or wish; आशीर्वचनसंयुक्तां नित्यं यस्मात् प्रकुर्वते (āśīrvacanasaṃyuktāṃ nityaṃ yasmāt prakurvate) S. D.6; Manusmṛti 2.33.

Derivable forms: āśirvacanam (आशिर्वचनम्).

Āśirvacana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms āśis and vacana (वचन). See also (synonyms): āśirukti, āśirvāda.

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

Āśīrvacana (आशीर्वचन).—n.

(-naṃ) A blessing, a benediction. E. āśis and vacana speech.

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

Āśīrvacana (आशीर्वचन).—[neuter] rnāda [masculine] benediction, blessing.

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

Āśīrvacana (आशीर्वचन):—[=āśīr-vacana] [from āśīr > ā-śās] n. a blessing, benediction

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

Āśīrvacana (आशीर्वचन):—[āśīrva+cana] (naṃ) 1. n. Benediction.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ashirvacana 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Āśīrvacana (आशीर्वचन) [Also spelled ashirvachan]:—(nm) blessings, words of benediction.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Āśīrvacana (ಆಶೀರ್ವಚನ):—

1) [noun] a blessing; benediction.

2) [noun] a discourse, speech made by a religious teacher.

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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: Ashir, Vacana, Ashis, Acir.

Starts with: Ashirvacanakshepa, Ashirvacanamala.

Ends with: Shubhashirvacana.

Full-text: Ashirvada, Acirvacanam, Ashirvacanakshepa, Ashirvaca, Ashirvachan, Ashirukti.

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