India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Hasta-udaka.—cf. hatha-paṃni, etc. Note: hasta-udaka is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

hastōdaka (हस्तोदक).—n (S hasta & udaka) Water of the hand; water given by or into the hand of. Applied particularly to the water which, at meals and upon other religious occasions, is poured upon the hand of a Sanyasi. 2 Rain falling whilst the sun is in the nakshatra of Hasta the hand.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

hastōdaka (हस्तोदक).—n Water poured on the hand (of a Sanyasi) on some occasions. Rain falling when the sun is in hastanakṣatra.

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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: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Hastodaka (हस्तोदक):—[from hasta] n. water held in the hand, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

[Sanskrit to German]

Hastodaka in German

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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 corpus

Hastōdaka (ಹಸ್ತೋದಕ):—

1) [noun] a small quantity of water poured upon the right hand, while the left hand is touching the leaf-plate before commencing one’s meal.

2) [noun] a small quantity of water poured on the thing being given as gift.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Udaka, Hasta.

Full-text: Samkalpa, Astotakam, Hatha-pamni, Hatha-pani.

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