Aurdhvadehika, Aurdhvadēhika, Audhrvadehika: 9 definitions
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Marathi-English dictionary
aurdhvadēhika (और्ध्वदेहिक).—n S Funeral solemnities.
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
Aurdhvadehika (और्ध्वदेहिक).—a. (-kī f.) [ऊर्ध्वदेहाय साधु ठञ् (ūrdhvadehāya sādhu ṭhañ) P.IV.3.6 Vārt.1]
1) Relating to a deceased person, funeral, performed in honour of the dead (as a rite); °क्रिया (kriyā) obsequies, funeral rites; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.
2) Pertaining to ब्रह्म (brahma); जनको जनदेवस्तु मिथिलायां जनाधिपः । और्ध्वदेहिकर्धमाणा- मासीद्युक्तो विचिन्तने (janako janadevastu mithilāyāṃ janādhipaḥ | aurdhvadehikardhamāṇā- māsīdyukto vicintane) || Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.218.3.
-kam Funeral rites, obsequies. भृत्यानामुपरोधेन यत्करोत्यौर्ध्वदेहिकम् (bhṛtyānāmuparodhena yatkarotyaurdhvadehikam) Manusmṛti 11.1.
2) Requisite for future world (such as yajña, dāna); अधर्मो- पार्जितैरर्थैर्यः करोत्यौर्ध्वदैहिकम् (adharmo- pārjitairarthairyaḥ karotyaurdhvadaihikam) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 5.39.67.
See also (synonyms): aurdhvadaihika.
Aurdhvadehika (और्ध्वदेहिक).—i. e. ūrdhva-deha + ika, I. adj. 1. Serving for the acquisition of merit, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 10. 2. Belonging to the obsequies of a deceased person, [Pañcatantra] 9, 3. Ii. n. Obsequies, [Rāmāyaṇa] 4, 24, 24.
Aurdhvadehika (और्ध्वदेहिक).—[adjective] relating to the future life; [neuter] funeral solemnities.
1) Aurdhvadehika (और्ध्वदेहिक):—[from aurdhva] mfn. idem
2) [v.s. ...] relating to a deceased person, performed in honour of the dead, funereal, funeral
3) [v.s. ...] n. the obsequies of a deceased person, any funeral ceremony
4) [v.s. ...] whatever is offered or performed on a person’s decease (as burning of the body, offering cakes, distributing alms etc.), [Manu-smṛti xi, 10; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Raghuvaṃśa etc.]
Aurdhvadehika (और्ध्वदेहिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uddhadehiya.
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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
Audhrvadēhika (ಔಧ್ರ್ವದೇಹಿಕ):—[noun] funeral rites or ceremonies; obsequies.
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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