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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mauñjīnibandhana (मौञ्जीनिबन्धन).—binding on the Munja grass girdle, investiture with the sacred thread; Manusmṛti 2.27; मातुरग्रेऽधिजननं द्वितीयं मौञ्जिबन्धने (māturagre'dhijananaṃ dvitīyaṃ mauñjibandhane) 169.

Derivable forms: mauñjīnibandhanam (मौञ्जीनिबन्धनम्).

Mauñjīnibandhana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mauñjī and nibandhana (निबन्धन). See also (synonyms): mauñjībandhana.

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

Mauñjīnibandhana (मौञ्जीनिबन्धन).—[neuter] the tying of the girdle (v. [preceding]).

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

Mauñjīnibandhana (मौञ्जीनिबन्धन):—[=mauñjī-nibandhana] [from mauñjī > mauñja] n. the binding on of the girdle of Muñja-grass or of the sacred cord, [Manu-smṛti ii, 27.]

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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: Maunji, Nibandhana, Maunci.

Full-text: Maunjibandhana.

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