Kadupani, Kaḍūpāṇī: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykaḍūpāṇī (कडूपाणी).—n Medicated (with kaḍūlimba &c.) and warmed water for the ablutions of a sick, convalescent, or puerperal person. 2 A term, amongst women, for the water of their ablutions, when, as during impurity, they pour it from over their heads: also for such ablution. v ghē. 3 The water of boiled vegetables. 4 Common water when used for the ablutions of a person just emerged from kaḍūviṭāḷa or mṛtāśauca (Impurity on account of a death). It is called kaḍū because of its connection with the bitter occasion. v ghē. Hence, kaḍūpāṇī kāḍhaṇēṃ To remove or get rid of the bitter water. Phrase used by women when, upon the termination of the term of death-impurity (signalized by the kaḍūpāṇī-washing), they resume their ordinary ablution, inunction, and adorning.
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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