Jalatadana, Jalatāḍana, Jala-tadana: 4 definitions
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Jalatadana 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.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryjalatāḍana (जलताडन).—n (S Beating water.) Fruitless labor or action; beating the air.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishjalatāḍana (जलताडन).—n (Beating water.) Fruitless labour or action; beating the air.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryJalatāḍana (जलताडन).—(lit.) 'beating water'; (fig.) any useless occupation.
Derivable forms: jalatāḍanam (जलताडनम्).
Jalatāḍana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jala and tāḍana (ताडन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryJalatāḍana (जलताडन):—[=jala-tāḍana] [from jala] n. ‘beating water’, any fruitless action, [Horace H. Wilson]
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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