Durvivaha, Durvivāha, Dur-vivaha: 8 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Durvivāha (दुर्विवाह).—a censurable marriage; इतरेषु तु शिष्टेषु नृशंसानृतवादिनः । जायन्ते दुर्विवाहेषु ब्रह्मधर्मद्विषः सुताः (itareṣu tu śiṣṭeṣu nṛśaṃsānṛtavādinaḥ | jāyante durvivāheṣu brahmadharmadviṣaḥ sutāḥ) || Manusmṛti 3.41.

Derivable forms: durvivāhaḥ (दुर्विवाहः).

Durvivāha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dur and vivāha (विवाह).

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

Durvivāha (दुर्विवाह).—m.

(-haḥ) A bad mode or form of marriage. E. dur and vivāha marriage.

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

Durvivāha (दुर्विवाह).—m. a bad form of marriage, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 41.

Durvivāha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dus and vivāha (विवाह).

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

Durvivāha (दुर्विवाह).—[masculine] bad marriage, mesalliance.

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

Durvivāha (दुर्विवाह):—[=dur-vivāha] [from dur] m. bad marriage, misalliance, [Manu-smṛti iii, 41.]

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

Durvivāha (दुर्विवाह):—[dur-vivāha] (haḥ) 1. m. A bad mode or form of marriage.

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Durvivaha in German

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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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