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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

mindhā (मिंधा).—a (Shortened and perverted from P Ashamed.) Repressed, restrained, awed, cowed (as before one who has loaded us with obligations &c.) In construction with gen. case of the governing noun or pronoun. See dabēla. 2 Ashamed or abashed more generally. 3 (with implication of Ashamedness or shame, whether in fact or in propriety.) Sprung from a woman whose conception was not preceded by the menstrual flux subsequently to her prior conception--a boy, girl, child: also that is in parturition or under reconception without intervening menstruousness--a woman; as mindhī garvhāra, mindhī bāḷantīṇa; also mindhēṃ rāhaṇēṃ- asaṇēṃ in. con. To be under such parturition or reconception. The popular belief is that to such children there is peculiar danger from lightning and a lively apprehension of their danger. Hence bāṇa kaisā lāgalā satēja || jaisī mindhyāvari paḍē vīja ||.

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

mindhā (मिंधा).—a Repressed. Ashamed.

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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: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Miṇḍha (मिण्ढ).—(= AMg. id.; Sanskrit Lex. meṇḍha, Pali meṇḍa), ram, sheep: Lalitavistara 156.18 read miṇḍhalakṣaṇe with ms. A for miśṛ-la°; see s.v. kaiṭabha. (Tibetan lug, sheep.) This form, or something like it, may have been intended by the corrupt masniya, q.v. See also next.

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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.

Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Miṃḍha (मिंढ) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Meḍhra.

Miṃḍha has the following synonyms: Miṃḍhaya.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Mimdhaya, Mindhaka, Mindhal, Mindharapati.

Ends with: Agnimindha, Bhrashtramindha, Sharmindha.

Full-text: Mishri, Medhra, Mimdhaya, Lajindra, Masniya.

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