Balahatya, Bālahatyā, Bala-hatya, Bālāhatyā: 4 definitions
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Balahatya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarybālahatyā (बालहत्या).—f (S) Infanticide. bālahatyārā a (S) A murderer of infants.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishbālahatyā (बालहत्या).—f Infanticide. bālahatyārā a A murderer of infants.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBālahatyā (बालहत्या).—infanticide.
Bālahatyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bāla and hatyā (हत्या).
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Bālāhatyā (बालाहत्या).—female infanticide.
Bālāhatyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bālā and hatyā (हत्या).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Bālahatyā (बालहत्या):—[=bāla-hatyā] [from bāla] f. child-murder, [ib.]
2) Bālāhatyā (बालाहत्या):—[=bālā-hatyā] [from bāla] f. the murdering of female children, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
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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