Kanyaharana, Kanyāharaṇa, Kanya-harana: 5 definitions
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Kanyaharana 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 Dictionarykanyāharaṇa (कन्याहरण).—n (S) Carrying off a girl, rape.
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 dictionaryKanyāharaṇa (कन्याहरण).—ravishment or seduction of a maiden; प्रसह्य कन्याहरणं राक्षसो विधिरुच्यते (prasahya kanyāharaṇaṃ rākṣaso vidhirucyate) Manusmṛti 3.33.
Derivable forms: kanyāharaṇam (कन्याहरणम्).
Kanyāharaṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kanyā and haraṇa (हरण).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKanyāharaṇa (कन्याहरण).—n.
(-ṇaṃ) Carrying off girl, rape, ravishment. E. kanyā, and haraṇa taking.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKanyāharaṇa (कन्याहरण):—[=kanyā-haraṇa] [from kanyā > kana] n. carrying a girl off forcibly, rape, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKanyāharaṇa (कन्याहरण):—[kanyā-haraṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Rape.
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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Search found 2 books and stories containing Kanyaharana, Kanya-harana, Kanyā-haraṇa, Kanyāharaṇa; (plurals include: Kanyaharanas, haranas, haraṇas, Kanyāharaṇas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 3.33 < [Section IV - The Eight Forms of Marriage]
Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 2.1-2 - Definition and Types of Marriage < [Chapter 3 - Social Aspects of the Mālatīmādhava]