Garbhalambhana, Garbha-lambhana: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Garbhalambhana (गर्भलम्भन).—a ceremony performed for the sake of facilitating and developing pregnancy.

Derivable forms: garbhalambhanam (गर्भलम्भनम्).

Garbhalambhana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms garbha and lambhana (लम्भन).

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

Garbhalambhana (गर्भलम्भन):—[=garbha-lambhana] [from garbha] n. ‘facilitation of conception’, Name of a ceremony, [Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra] (cf. [Manu-smṛti ii, 27]).

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Garbhalambhana 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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