Atithidharma, Atithi-dharma: 7 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAtithidharma (अतिथिधर्म).—title or claim to hospitality; hospitality due to guests; गृह्यतां °र्मः (gṛhyatāṃ °rmaḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1; यदि त्वतिथि- धर्मेण क्षत्रियो गृहमाव्रजेत् (yadi tvatithi- dharmeṇa kṣatriyo gṛhamāvrajet) Manusmṛti 3.111 should come as guests
Derivable forms: atithidharmaḥ (अतिथिधर्मः).
Atithidharma is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms atithi and dharma (धर्म).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAtithidharma (अतिथिधर्म).—m. 1. the duty of hospitality, [Pañcatantra] 35, 17. 2. the character of a guest, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 111.
Atithidharma is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms atithi and dharma (धर्म).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAtithidharma (अतिथिधर्म):—[=atithi-dharma] [from atithi] m. rights of hospitality, [Manu-smṛti iii, 111, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAtithidharma (अतिथिधर्म):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-rmaḥ) The proper quality which con-stitutes a claim to hospitality. E. atithi and dharma.
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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 corpusAtithidharma (ಅತಿಥಿಧರ್ಮ):—[noun] code for treating guests either prescribed by scriptures or followed traditionally.
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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Partial matches: Atithi, Dharma, Tarma.
Full-text: Atithidharmin.
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