Lalitapancami, Lalitāpañcamī, Lalita-pancami: 3 definitions

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Lalitapancami 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Lalitapanchami.

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Lalitapancami in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

lalitāpañcamī (ललितापंचमी).—f (S) The fifth day of the moon's increase in ashwin, on which the worship of lalitā (a form of pārvatī) is celebrated: also the worship on that day.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Lalitapancami in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Lalitāpañcamī (ललितापञ्चमी).—the fifth day in the bright half of Āśvina.

Lalitāpañcamī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms lalitā and pañcamī (पञ्चमी).

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

Lalitāpañcamī (ललितापञ्चमी):—[=lalitā-pañcamī] [from lalitā > lal] f. the 5th day of the moon’s increase in the month Āśvina (when the goddess Lalitā or Pārvatī is worshipped), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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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.

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