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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Avanejana (अवनेजन).—A ceremonial in a śrāddhā.^*

• * Matsya-purāṇa 17. 47.

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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.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avanejana (अवनेजन).—

1) Washing, ablution; पादावनेजसरितः शमलानि हन्तुम् (pādāvanejasaritaḥ śamalāni hantum) Bhāgavata 11.6.19. न कुर्याद् गुरुपुत्रस्य पादयोश्चावनेजनम् (na kuryād guruputrasya pādayoścāvanejanam) Manusmṛti 2.29.

2) Washing off. ablution.

3) Water for washing. ऋतं हस्तावनेजनम् (ṛtaṃ hastāvanejanam) Av. II.3.13. foot-bath; आपः पादावनेजनीः (āpaḥ pādāvanejanīḥ) Ait. Br. आपस्तेऽ ङ्घ्र्यवनेजन्यस्त्रींल्लोकान् शुचयोऽपुनन् (āpaste' ṅghryavanejanyastrīṃllokān śucayo'punan) Bhāgavata 1.41.15.

4) Sprinkling water on the darbha grass at a Srāddha ceremony.

Derivable forms: avanejanam (अवनेजनम्).

See also (synonyms): avanejanī, avaneja.

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

Avanejana (अवनेजन).—n.

(-naṃ) Washing. E. ava, and nejana ablution.

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

Avanejana (अवनेजन).—i. e. ava-nij + ana, n. Washing, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 209.

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

Avanejana (अवनेजन).—[feminine] ī the same; [neuter] washing, washwater.

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

1) Avanejana (अवनेजन):—[=ava-nejana] [from ava-nij] mf(ī)n. washing, serving for washing (the feet), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] n. ablution (of hands [Sbr.] or feet [Manu-smṛti ii, 209; Bhāgavata-purāṇa])

3) [v.s. ...] water for washing (hands [Atharva-veda xi, 3, 13] or feet cf. pādāvan).

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

Avanejana (अवनेजन):—[ava-nejana] (naṃ) 1. n. Washing.

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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.

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Partial matches: Nejana, Ava.

Full-text: Padavanejana, Pratyavanejana, Anghryavanejana, Anghryavanejanatva, Onojana, Nij, Avanejani, Avaneja.

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