Hingatupa, Hiṅgatūpa: 1 definition

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

hiṅgatūpa (हिंगतूप).—& hiṅgadhūpa Formations with hiṅga Assafœtida, tūpa Clarified butter, and dhūpa Frankincense--three articles of household-consumption in continual requisition; representing here therefore, comprehensively, the minor and miscellaneous and constantly recurrent expenditures of a family under the heads of Board and Idol-worship. The use is confined to the oblique cases, and in phrases with such verbs as jāṇēṃ, uḍaṇēṃ, kharacaṇēṃ &c.; when statement is to be made of small expenses contracted, or illustration is to be adduced of the slipperiness of money. Ex. hiṅgātupāsa or hiṅgātupākhālīṃ, or hiṅgātupāvārī tyānēṃ sagaḷī sampatti uḍavilī. Also hiṅgādhupāsa, hiṅgādhupā- khālīṃ &c.

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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.

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