Grihabhanjana, Gṛhabhañjana, Griha-bhanjana: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Gṛhabhañjana can be transliterated into English as Grhabhanjana or Grihabhanjana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gṛhabhañjana (गृहभञ्जन).—

1) breaking down or destroying a house.

2) causing the decay or ruin of a family.

Derivable forms: gṛhabhañjanam (गृहभञ्जनम्).

Gṛhabhañjana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gṛha and bhañjana (भञ्जन).

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

Gṛhabhañjana (गृहभञ्जन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Breaking down or destroying a house. 2. Causing the ruin or decay of a family. E. gṛha, and bhañjana breaking.

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

1) Gṛhabhañjana (गृहभञ्जन):—[=gṛha-bhañjana] [from gṛha > gṛbh] n. the breaking down or destroying a house, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] causing the ruin of a family, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Gṛhabhañjana (गृहभञ्जन):—[gṛha-bhañjana] (naṃ) 1. n. Idem.

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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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