Nivapana: 8 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNivapana (निवपन).—
1) Scattering down, pouring out, throwing down.
2) Sowing.
3) An offering to the manes, an oblation in honour of one's deceased ancestors; को नः कुले निवपनानि नियच्छतीति (ko naḥ kule nivapanāni niyacchatīti) Ś.6.25.
Derivable forms: nivapanam (निवपनम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNivapana (निवपन).—n.
(-naṃ) 1. Gifts in honour of deceased ancestors. 2. Scattering, or throwing out. 3. Sowing. also nivāpa. ni + vapa-bhāve-lyuṭ .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNivapana (निवपन).—[ni-vap + ana], n. An offering to the Manes, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 152.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNivapana (निवपन).—[neuter] pouring out, scattering; an oblation to the Manes.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Nivapana (निवपन):—[=ni-vapana] [from ni-vap] n. scattering or throwing down, pouring out, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
2) [v.s. ...] an offering to deceased progenitors, [Mahābhārata xiii, 4373; Śakuntalā vi, 24] (cf. nirvapaṇa).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryNivapana (निवपन):—[ni-vapana] (naṃ) 1. n. Gifts in honor of a deceased relative.
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Ends with: Samnivapana, Upanivapana.
Full-text: Samnivapana, Upanivapana, Samnivapa, Samnivapaniya.
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