Balaghna, Bālaghna, Bala-ghna: 5 definitions
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Balaghna means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBālaghna (बालघ्न).—a childslayer, infanticide; Manusmṛti 11.19.
Derivable forms: bālaghnaḥ (बालघ्नः).
Bālaghna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bāla and ghna (घ्न).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryBālaghna (बालघ्न).—[masculine] a child-slayer.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBālaghna (बालघ्न):—[=bāla-ghna] [from bāla] m. a child-murderer, [Manu-smṛti xi, 190.]
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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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Full-text: Ghna.
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