Mantrapatha, Mantrapāṭha: 4 definitions

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Mantrapatha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

In Hinduism

Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Oxford Academic: Homo Ritualis: Hindu Ritual and Its Significance to Ritual Theory

Mantrapāṭha (मन्त्रपाठ) refers to “recitation of mantras (by the groom)”, and represents one of the traditional marriage rituals, according to Dadhirāma Marāsini’s 19th century Vivāhapaddhati (part of his Karmakāṇḍabhāskara) which is based on the Pāraskara-Gṛhyasūtra, a domestic manual in the Mādhyandina school of the Vājasaneyisaṃhitā.—If performed traditionally, high caste marriages among the Parbatiyas (Parbates/Paharis/Pahadis) or Indo-Nepalese people in Nepal are normally executed by following the course of events as presented in marriage manuals. The Varadvārā-mantrapāṭha rite is mentioned under the header called Gift of the girl (kanyādāna).

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Mantrapāṭha (मन्त्रपाठ) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—vaid. Ben. 7. P. 21. Oppert. Ii, 2505. Rice. 46.
—Vs. Peters. 2, 173.

2) Mantrapāṭha (मन्त्रपाठ):—Sv. Peters. 4, 3.

3) Mantrapāṭha (मन्त्रपाठ):—Vs. Ulwar 162.

4) Mantrapāṭha (मन्त्रपाठ):—(?) vaid. As p. 137.

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

1) Mantrapāṭha (मन्त्रपाठ):—[=mantra-pāṭha] [from mantra > man] m. the recitation of a s° t°, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of [work]

[Sanskrit to German]

Mantrapatha 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.

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