Dhunipani, Dhuṇīpāṇī: 1 definition
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Dhunipani 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 Dictionarydhuṇīpāṇī (धुणीपाणी).—n Familiar friendship or intimacy. (From the assumption that, in the former birth, one of the parties was a guru and the other his śiṣya employed in kindling for him the dhuṇī, bringing his pāṇī &c. Hence dhuṇīpāṇīcā-sōbatī-snēhī-mitra-cā- kara &c. A familiar friend, companion &c.
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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