Kanyashulka, Kanyāśulka, Kanya-shulka: 7 definitions
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Kanyashulka 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 term Kanyāśulka can be transliterated into English as Kanyasulka or Kanyashulka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykanyāśulka (कन्याशुल्क).—n S Purchase-money of a maiden (in marriage).
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishkanyāśulka (कन्याशुल्क).—n Purchase-money of a maiden.
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 dictionaryKanyāśulka (कन्याशुल्क).—money given to the bride's father as her price, purchase-money of a girl.
Derivable forms: kanyāśulkam (कन्याशुल्कम्).
Kanyāśulka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kanyā and śulka (शुल्क).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKanyāśulka (कन्याशुल्क).—n.
(-lkaṃ) The purchase money of a maiden, money given to the bride’s father. E. kanyā and śulka tax.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKanyāśulka (कन्याशुल्क):—[=kanyā-śulka] [from kanyā > kana] n. = -dhana above.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKanyāśulka (कन्याशुल्क):—[kanyā-śulka] (lkaṃ) 1. n. Money given to the bride’s father.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKanyāśulka (ಕನ್ಯಾಶುಲ್ಕ):—[noun] the money, property given to the bride’s father by the bridegroom at the marriage.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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