The Sanskrit term Mantrapuṣpāñjali can be transliterated into English as Mantrapuspanjali or Mantrapushpanjali, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: ACHC: Smarta Puja

Mantrapuṣpāñjali (मन्त्रपुष्पाञ्जलि) refers to “offering handful of flowers consecrated by mantras”, representing one of the various services (upacāra) of a pūjā (ritualistic worship of a deity) which aim at the purification of the devotee.—The worshipper takes some flowers and unbroken rice (akṣata) in his right hand which he offers after consecrating with a selection of Vedic mantras. At the time of invocation (āvāhana) flowers had been offered; likewise here, at the end of the worship, flowers are given. The throwing of unbroken rice at the icon after the recitation of the prescribed mantras reminds of the visarjana where the deity is dismissed to go to his own place after completion of the worship. This [viz., Mantrapuṣpāñjali] is the last part of the ṣoḍaśopacāra-pūjā which intends the glorification of all gods and promises success to the devotees.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

mantrapuṣpāñjali (मंत्रपुष्पांजलि).—f m (S) The gowpen or double handful of flowers, accompanied by the recitation of a mantra, thrown on the idol's head (as at the conclusion of worship &c.) 2 fig. or ironicè. A shower of abuse, curses, threats, scolding. v kara, vāha, arpiṇēṃ.

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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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Mantrapuṣpāñjali (मन्त्रपुष्पाञ्जलि) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[dharma] Bp. 299.

2) Mantrapuṣpāñjali (मन्त्रपुष्पाञ्जलि):—[tantric] Ulwar 2265.

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

Mantrapuṣpāñjali (मन्त्रपुष्पाञ्जलि):—[=mantra-puṣpāñjali] [from mantra-puṣpa > mantra > man] m. Name of [work]

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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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Partial matches: Pushpanjali, Mantra, Pushpancali.

Full-text: Shodashopacara.

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