Ghataparyasana, Ghaṭaparyasana, Ghata-paryasana: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGhaṭaparyasana (घटपर्यसन).—the ceremony of performing the funeral rites of a patita or apostate (who is unwilling to go back to his caste &c.) during his very life-time.
Derivable forms: ghaṭaparyasanam (घटपर्यसनम्).
Ghaṭaparyasana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ghaṭa and paryasana (पर्यसन).
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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