Grihabhanga, Gṛhabhaṅga, Griha-bhanga: 6 definitions

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Grihabhanga means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.

The Sanskrit term Gṛhabhaṅga can be transliterated into English as Grhabhanga or Grihabhanga, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Grihabhanga in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

gṛhabhaṅga (गृहभंग).—m (S) Breaking up or ruin of a house, family, firm, association.

context information

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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Grihabhanga in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gṛhabhaṅga (गृहभङ्ग).—

1) one who is driven from his house, an exile.

2) destroying a house.

3) breaking into a house.

4) failure, ruin or destruction of a house, firm &c.

Derivable forms: gṛhabhaṅgaḥ (गृहभङ्गः).

Gṛhabhaṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gṛha and bhaṅga (भङ्ग).

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

Gṛhabhaṅga (गृहभङ्ग).—m.

(-ṅgaḥ) 1. An exile, one who is driven from his house. 2. Family decay. 3. Breaking down or into a house. E. gṛha, and bhaṅga breaking.

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

Gṛhabhaṅga (गृहभङ्ग).—m. loss of a wife, [Pañcatantra] 225, 17 (cf. iii. [distich] 152).

Gṛhabhaṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gṛha and bhaṅga (भङ्ग).

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

1) Gṛhabhaṅga (गृहभङ्ग):—[=gṛha-bhaṅga] [from gṛha > gṛbh] m. ‘driven from his house’, an exile, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] destroying a house, breaking into a house, [Horace H. Wilson]

3) [v.s. ...] family decay, failure or ruin (of a family, firm or association), [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Gṛhabhaṅga (गृहभङ्ग):—[gṛha-bhaṅga] (ṅgaḥ) 1. m. House-breaking; family decay; an exile.

context information

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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