Deshavyavahara, Dēśavyavahāra, Deśavyavahāra, Desha-vyavahara: 5 definitions

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Deshavyavahara 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.

The Sanskrit terms Dēśavyavahāra and Deśavyavahāra can be transliterated into English as Desavyavahara or Deshavyavahara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Deshavyavahara in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

dēśavyavahāra (देशव्यवहार).—m (S) National or local custom, practice, usage.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Deshavyavahara in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Deśavyavahāra (देशव्यवहार).—a local usage, custom of the country.

Derivable forms: deśavyavahāraḥ (देशव्यवहारः).

Deśavyavahāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms deśa and vyavahāra (व्यवहार).

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

Deśavyavahāra (देशव्यवहार).—m.

(-raḥ) Local usage, custom of the country. E. deśa, and vyavahāra practice.

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

Deśavyavahāra (देशव्यवहार):—[=deśa-vyavahāra] [from deśa] m. custom or usage of a country, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Deśavyavahāra (देशव्यवहार):—[deśa-vyavahāra] (raḥ) 1. m. Local usage.

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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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