Dvyamushyayana, Dvyāmuṣyāyaṇa, Dvi-amushyayana: 7 definitions

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Dvyamushyayana 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.

The Sanskrit term Dvyāmuṣyāyaṇa can be transliterated into English as Dvyamusyayana or Dvyamushyayana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

dvyāmuṣyāyaṇa (द्व्यामुष्यायण).—m (dvi & amuṣya & āyana) A boy invested with the string in his father's house and afterwards adopted into another family. 2 A boy born in adultery. 3 Hence vague, ambiguous, equivocal, indeterminate speech: also a doubtful or uncertain doing or occurrence: also as a & ad Vague or vaguely; doubtful or doubtfully.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dvyāmuṣyāyaṇa (द्व्यामुष्यायण).—'a son of two persons or fathers', an adopted son who remains heir to his natural father though adopted by another.

Derivable forms: dvyāmuṣyāyaṇaḥ (द्व्यामुष्यायणः).

Dvyāmuṣyāyaṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dvi and āmuṣyāyaṇa (आमुष्यायण).

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

Dvyāmuṣyāyaṇa (द्व्यामुष्यायण).—m.

(-ṇaḥ) A boy who remains heir to his father though adopted by another. E. dvi, and āmuṣyāyaṇa a certain person. amuṣya prasiddhasyāpatyam phak āmuṣyāyaṇaḥ dvayorāmuṣyāyaṇaḥ 6 tat pu0 sa0 .

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

1) Dvyāmuṣyāyaṇa (द्व्यामुष्यायण):—[=dvy-āmuṣyāyaṇa] [from dvy] m. descended from 2 persons, being the Āmuṣyāyaṇa (sub voce) to 2 people, [Nārada-smṛti, nāradīya-dharma-śāstra; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] a boy who remains heir to his father though adopted by another, [Horace H. Wilson]

[Sanskrit to German]

Dvyamushyayana 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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Kannada-English dictionary

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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Dvyāmuṣyāyaṇa (ದ್ವ್ಯಾಮುಷ್ಯಾಯಣ):—[noun] a boy or man who inherits or is legally entitled to inherit the property of, and is bound to perform the rites to, his father and another person who has adopted him as a son.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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