Bharavana, Bharavaṇa: 2 definitions

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Bharavana means something in 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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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

bharavaṇa (भरवण).—n (bharaṇēṃ) The quantity (of oil, clarified butter &c.) put into a lamp-bowl, frying-pan &c. at one time; the quantity of articles fried or boiled at one time; the quantity of lamp-black gathered at one time &c. &c. 2 The materials (a fowl, a cocoanut &c.) waved around a devil-possessed person, to eject the devil.

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bharāvaṇa (भरावण).—f C bharāvaḷa f C (bharaṇēṃ) Spreading of grass, sticks, loppings, and dung over ground that is to be burned.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

bharavaṇa (भरवण).—n See bharaṇa.

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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.

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