Dadhna: 6 definitions
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Dadhna 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 dictionaryDadhna (दध्न).—An epithet of Yama.
Derivable forms: dadhnaḥ (दध्नः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDadhna (दध्न).—f. (-dhnī) A termination affixed to nouns to denote “reaching to” &c. “As high as.”
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Dadhna (दध्न).—m.
(-dhnaḥ) A name of Yama. E. dhā to have, reiterated, and na aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDadhna (दध्न):—m. Name of Yama, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDadhna (दध्न):—(dhnaḥ) 1. m. A name of Yama.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Dadhnavat.
Ends with: Atradadhna, Gulphadadhna, Janudadhna, Purushadadhna, Urudadhna.
Full-text: Purushadadhna, Nirmanthana, Janudadhna, Gulphadadhna, Atradadhna, Urudadhna, Asamarthya, Rasala, Katvara, Snih, Asara.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 2.18.16 < [Chapter 18 - The Sight of Śrī Kṛṣṇacandra]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 10.179.3 < [Sukta 179]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 8.326-329 < [Section XLIII - Theft (steya)]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Sushruta Samhita, Volume 6: Uttara-tantra (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter XLVIII - Symptoms and Treatment of thirst (Trishna) < [Canto III - Kaya-chikitsa-tantra (internal medicine)]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 66 - Propitiation of Yama < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Chapter 122 - The Celebration of Dīpāvalī < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Chapter 95 - More Rites and Rituals to be Observed in Vaiśākha < [Section 5 - Pātāla-Khaṇḍa (Section on the Nether World)]