Dridhikarana, Dṛḍhīkaraṇa: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Dṛḍhīkaraṇa can be transliterated into English as Drdhikarana or Dridhikarana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: National Mission for Manuscripts: Traditional Medicine System in IndiaDṛḍhīkaraṇa (दृढीकरण) refers to “hardening/dried” and is the action (karma) associated with Kaṭhina (“hard”): one of the twenty Śārīraguṇa (or Gurvādiguṇa), which refers to the “twenty qualities of the body”—where guṇa (property) represents one of the six divisions of dravya (drugs).—Śārīraka-guṇas are twenty in number. There are ten guṇas with their opposite guṇas. [...] Mṛdu (“soft”) has the predominant bhūta (element) of water and the associated actions of “loosening/ślathana”; while Kaṭhina (“hard”) has the predominant bhūta (element) of earth and is associated with the action “hardening/dried/dṛḍhīkaraṇa”.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDṛḍhīkaraṇa (दृढीकरण).—Confirmation, corroboration जापकस्य दृढीकारः कथमेतद्भविष्यति (jāpakasya dṛḍhīkāraḥ kathametadbhaviṣyati) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.199.6.
Derivable forms: dṛḍhīkaraṇam (दृढीकरणम्).
See also (synonyms): dṛḍhīkāra.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDṛḍhīkaraṇa (दृढीकरण).—n. and
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDṛḍhīkaraṇa (दृढीकरण).—[neuter] kāra [masculine] making firm, confirmation.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDṛḍhīkaraṇa (दृढीकरण):—[=dṛḍhī-karaṇa] [from dṛḍhī > dṛh] n.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusDṛḍhīkaraṇa (ದೃಢೀಕರಣ):—
1) [noun] the act, process or an instance of confirming or giving official sanction to; ratification.
2) [noun] a validating of the truth, veracity or genuineness of.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Dridhi, Karana.
Ends with: Sudridhikarana.
Full-text: Dridhikara, Kathina, Mridu, Shrathana, Shlathana, Shariraguna.
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