Ghratavya, Ghrātavya: 5 definitions
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Ghratavya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGhrātavya (घ्रातव्य).—n. To be smelled at.
-vyam Odour; घ्राणं च घ्रातव्यम् (ghrāṇaṃ ca ghrātavyam) Praśna Up.4.8.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGhrātavya (घ्रातव्य):—[from ghrā] n. ‘to be smelled’, odour, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiv, 7, 1, 24 and 3, 17; Praśna-upaniṣad iv, 8; Bhartṛhari i, 7.]
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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 corpusGhrātavya (ಘ್ರಾತವ್ಯ):—[adjective] = ಘ್ರಾಣೀಯ [ghraniya].
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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Prashna Upanishad with Shankara’s Commentary (by S. Sitarama Sastri)
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Concept of Mind in the Major Upanishads (by Gisha K. Narayanan)
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