Dravyasamskara, Dravyasaṃskāra, Dravya-samskara: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dravyasaṃskāra (द्रव्यसंस्कार).—the consecration of articles for sacrifice &c.

Derivable forms: dravyasaṃskāraḥ (द्रव्यसंस्कारः).

Dravyasaṃskāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dravya and saṃskāra (संस्कार).

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

Dravyasaṃskāra (द्रव्यसंस्कार).—m.

(-raḥ) 1. Consecration of articles for sacrifice. 2. Purification or cleansing of any articles soiled or defiled. E. dravya, and saṃskāra perfectioning.

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

1) Dravyasaṃskāra (द्रव्यसंस्कार):—[=dravya-saṃskāra] [from dravya > drava] m. consecration of articles for a sacrifice

2) [v.s. ...] purification or cleansing of soiled or defiled articles, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Dravyasaṃskāra (द्रव्यसंस्कार):—[dravya-saṃskāra] (raḥ) 1. m. Idem.

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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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