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Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Kulavadhū (कुलवधू) refers to the “wife of a good family”, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “The Vedas, [all religious, philosophical, legal, etc.] treatises and the Purāṇas are like common whores. Only Śāmbhavī Mudrā is kept private like the wife of a good family (kulavadhū). The point of focus is internal, [yet] the gaze is outward and free from closing and opening the eyes. Indeed, this is Śāmbhavī Mudrā, which is hidden in all the Tantras”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kulavadhū (कुलवधू).—f (S) kulastrī f (S) A woman of good family. 2 Applied to a woman adorning her tribe or caste by her virtues.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

kulavadhū (कुलवधू) [-strī, -स्त्री].—f A woman of good family.

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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 dictionary

Kulavadhū (कुलवधू).—f. a woman of good family and character. त्यागिनां कुलयोषिताम् (tyāgināṃ kulayoṣitām) Manusmṛti 3.245; ब्रूते ब्रूते व्रजकुलवधूः कापि साध्वी ममाग्रे (brūte brūte vrajakulavadhūḥ kāpi sādhvī mamāgre) Udb.

Kulavadhū is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kula and vadhū (वधू). See also (synonyms): kulayoṣit.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kulavadhū (कुलवधू).—f. a virtuous or respectable wife, [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 135, M.M.

Kulavadhū is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kula and vadhū (वधू).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kulavadhū (कुलवधू).—[feminine] a woman of good family.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kulavadhū (कुलवधू):—[=kula-vadhū] [from kula] f. a virtuous wife, respectable woman, [Kapila’s Sāṃkhya-pravacana iii, 70]

[Sanskrit to German]

Kulavadhu in German

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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 corpus

Kulavadhu (ಕುಲವಧು):—

1) [noun] a chaste woman.

2) [noun] one’s wife.

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Kuḷavadhu (ಕುಳವಧು):—

1) [noun] a chaste woman.

2) [noun] one’s wife.

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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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Partial matches: Vadhu, Kula, Vatu.

Starts with: Kulavadhuta.

Full-text: Kulavadhuta, Kulayoshit.

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