Narabali, Nara-bali: 8 definitions
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Narabali 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.
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Marathi-English dictionary
narabali (नरबलि).—m (S) Human sacrifice.
narabali (नरबलि).—m Human sacrifice.
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
Narabali (नरबलि).—a human sacrifice.
Derivable forms: narabaliḥ (नरबलिः).
Narabali is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nara and bali (बलि).
Narabali (नरबलि).—[masculine] human sacrifice.
Narabali (नरबलि):—[=nara-bali] [from nara] m. a human sacrifice, [Siṃhāsana-dvātriṃśikā or vikramāditya-caritra, jaina recension]
Narabali (नरबलि):—(nara + bali) m. Menschenopfer [Oxforder Handschriften 103,a,20. fgg.] — Vgl. naramedha, puruṣamedha .
Narabali (नरबलि):—m. Menschenopfer [Indische studien von Weber 15,422.fg.]
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
Narabali (ನರಬಲಿ):—
1) [noun] the act of offering a living person to a deity, (by killing him).
2) [noun] a killing of human being (esp. in mass).
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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