Dharmyavivaha, Dharmyavivāha, Dharmya-vivaha: 5 definitions
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Dharmyavivaha 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 Dictionarydharmyavivāha (धर्म्यविवाह).—m S Marriage according to all the institutes and enactments of religion.
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 dictionaryDharmyavivāha (धर्म्यविवाह).—a legal marriage; cf. Manusmṛti 3.26.
Derivable forms: dharmyavivāhaḥ (धर्म्यविवाहः).
Dharmyavivāha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dharmya and vivāha (विवाह).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDharmyavivāha (धर्म्यविवाह).—m.
(-haḥ) Legal marriage of five sorts, as the Brahma, Daiva, Arsha, Gandharba, and Prajapatya. E. dharmya, and vivāha marriage.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDharmyavivāha (धर्म्यविवाह):—[=dharmya-vivāha] [from dharmya > dhara] m. a legal marriage, [Manu-smṛti iii, 22.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDharmyavivāha (धर्म्यविवाह):—[dharmya-vivāha] (haḥ) 1. m. Legal marriage.
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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