Murdhabhisheka, Mūrdhābhiṣēka, Mūrdhābhiṣeka, Murdhan-abhisheka: 7 definitions
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Murdhabhisheka 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.
The Sanskrit terms Mūrdhābhiṣēka and Mūrdhābhiṣeka can be transliterated into English as Murdhabhiseka or Murdhabhisheka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarymūrdhābhiṣēka (मूर्धाभिषेक).—m S Anointing, inaugurating, installation.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishmūrdhābhiṣēka (मूर्धाभिषेक).—m Anointing, installation.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMūrdhābhiṣeka (मूर्धाभिषेक).—consecration, inauguration.
Derivable forms: mūrdhābhiṣekaḥ (मूर्धाभिषेकः).
Mūrdhābhiṣeka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mūrdhan and abhiṣeka (अभिषेक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMūrdhābhiṣeka (मूर्धाभिषेक):—[from mūrdha > mūrdhan] m. ‘h°-sprinkling’, consecration, inauguration, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMūrdhābhiṣēka (ಮೂರ್ಧಾಭಿಷೇಕ):—[noun] the act of ceremonially crowning a man as a king, monarch; formal coronation.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Abhisheka, Murdha.
Full-text: Murdhabhishecana, Murttapishekam, Abhisheka.
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