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Source: archive.org: Science And Technology In Medievel India (Ayurveda)

Garbhadhāraṇa (गर्भधारण) is the name of a chapter of the Kalpacintāmaṇi.—The work is mentioned in A. Rahman’s Science and Technology in Medievel India: A bibliography of source materials in Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian.—Ancient and medieval India produced a wide range of scientific manuscripts and major contributions lie in the field of medicine, astronomy and mathematics, besides covering encyclopedic glossaries and technical dictionaries.—Garbhadhāraṇa and other chapters of the Kalpacintāmaṇi (also known as Kalpasāgara) deal with sorcery and preparation of patent medicines.

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

garbhadhāraṇa (गर्भधारण).—n (S) Conceiving, becoming gravid or pregnant.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

garbhadhāraṇa (गर्भधारण).—n Conceiving, becoming pregnant.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Garbhadhāraṇa (गर्भधारण) or Garbhadhāraṇā (गर्भधारणा).—gestation, impregnation.

Derivable forms: garbhadhāraṇam (गर्भधारणम्).

Garbhadhāraṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms garbha and dhāraṇa (धारण).

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

Garbhadhāraṇa (गर्भधारण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) Impregnation, gestation. E. garbha, and dhāraṇa holding.

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

Garbhadhāraṇa (गर्भधारण).—n. pregnaney, Mahābhārata 3, 10449.

Garbhadhāraṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms garbha and dhāraṇa (धारण).

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

Garbhadhāraṇa (गर्भधारण).—[neuter] gestation (of the fetus), pregnancy.

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

1) Garbhadhāraṇa (गर्भधारण):—[=garbha-dhāraṇa] [from garbha] n. gestation, pregnancy, [iii, 10449]

2) Garbhadhāraṇā (गर्भधारणा):—[=garbha-dhāraṇā] [from garbha-dhāraṇa > garbha] f. ‘pregnancy (of the sky)’, Name of [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā xxii.]

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

Garbhadhāraṇa (गर्भधारण):—[garbha-dhāraṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Conception.

[Sanskrit to German]

Garbhadharana 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Garbhadhāraṇa (ಗರ್ಭಧಾರಣ):—[noun] = ಗರ್ಭಧಾರಣೆ [garbhadharane].

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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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Partial matches: Dharana, Garbha, Tarana.

Full-text: Vandhyagarbhadharanavidhi.

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