Grihadvara, Gṛhadvāra: 7 definitions
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Grihadvara 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 Gṛhadvāra can be transliterated into English as Grhadvara or Grihadvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: OpenEdition books: Architectural terms contained in Ajitāgama and RauravāgamaGṛhadvāra (गृहद्वार) refers to “door of the cella §§ 3.37; 4.7.”.—(For paragraphs cf. Les enseignements architecturaux de l'Ajitāgama et du Rauravāgama by Bruno Dagens)
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarygṛhadvāra (गृहद्वार).—n (S) The house-door, i. e. the front-door.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGṛhadvāra (गृहद्वार).—m.
(-raḥ) The door of a house. E. gṛha, and dvāra a door.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryGṛhadvāra (गृहद्वार).—[neuter] house-door.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGṛhadvāra (गृहद्वार):—[=gṛha-dvāra] [from gṛha > gṛbh] n. a house-door, [Gobhila-śrāddha-kalpa iv, 7, 20.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGṛhadvāra (गृहद्वार):—(raḥ) 1. m. House door.
[Sanskrit to German]
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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Partial matches: Griha, Dvara.
Starts with: Grihadvaraparshve.
Full-text: Bhar.
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