Kanyadosha, Kanya-dosha, Kanyādōṣa, Kanyādoṣa: 5 definitions
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Kanyadosha 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 terms Kanyādōṣa and Kanyādoṣa can be transliterated into English as Kanyadosa or Kanyadosha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykanyādōṣa (कन्यादोष).—m (S) A blemish in a virgin.
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 dictionaryKanyādoṣa (कन्यादोष).—a defect or blemish in a >>l, bad repute (such as a disease &c.)
Derivable forms: kanyādoṣaḥ (कन्यादोषः).
Kanyādoṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kanyā and doṣa (दोष).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKanyādoṣa (कन्यादोष).—m.
(-ṣaḥ) A blemish in a virgin, disease, bad repute, &c. E. kanyā, and doṣa fault.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKanyādoṣa (कन्यादोष):—[=kanyā-doṣa] [from kanyā > kana] m. a blemish in a virgin (as disease, bad repute etc.)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKanyādoṣa (कन्यादोष):—[kanyā-doṣa] (ṣaḥ) 1. m. Blemish in a virgin; disease; bad repute.
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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