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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

gharaṇa (घरण).—f R The mistress of the house.

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gharāṇā (घराणा).—m gharāṇēṃ n ( H) Family, race, lineage.

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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

Gharaṇa (घरण).—a. (-ṇī f.) [धृ-युच् (dhṛ-yuc)] Bearing, preserving, holding &c.

-ṇaḥ 1 A ridge of land serving the purpose of a bridge; the side of a mountain.

2) The world.

3) The sun.

4) The female breast.

5) Rice, corn.

6) The Himālaya (as king of mountains).

7) A dike, bank.

-ṇam 1 Supporting, sustaining, upholding; सारं धरित्री- धरणक्षमं च (sāraṃ dharitrī- dharaṇakṣamaṃ ca) Kumārasambhava 1.17; धरणिधरणकिणचक्रगरिष्ठे (dharaṇidharaṇakiṇacakragariṣṭhe) Gītagovinda 1.

2) Possessing, bringing, procuring, &c.

3) Prop, stay, support.

4) Security.

5) A measure of weight equal to ten palas; पलं सुवर्णाश्चत्वारः पलानि धरणं दश (palaṃ suvarṇāścatvāraḥ palāni dharaṇaṃ daśa) Manusmṛti 8.135.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Ghāraṇa (घारण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ghāraṇa.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Gharānā (घराना):—(nm) a family, clan.

2) Gharana in Hindi refers in English to:—(v) to thicken (as clouds); to thunder; to gurgle..—gharana (घहराना) is alternatively transliterated as Ghaharānā.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Ghāraṇa (घारण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Ghāraṇa.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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Starts with: Gharanaghas, Gharanalem, Gharanapriya, Gharanasha.

Ends with: Abhigharana, Agharana, Apratyabhigharana, Digvyagharana, Gharagharana, Ghargharana, Gurugharana, Kulagharana, Paggharana, Pratyabhigharana, Rajagharana, Sangharana, Vyagharana.

Full-text: Ghaharana, Vadilagharanem, Varadi, Abhigharana, Agharana, Gharanapriya, Garana, Bada.

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