Padasevana, Pādasēvana, Pādasevana, Pada-sevana: 6 definitions
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Padasevana 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
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarypādasēvana (पादसेवन).—n S Service of the feet (of the idol in a temple); i. e. washing, anointing, rubbing &c. See navavidhābhakti. Hence service generally.
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 dictionaryPādasevana (पादसेवन).—
1) showing respect by touching the feet.
2) service.
Derivable forms: pādasevanam (पादसेवनम्).
Pādasevana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pāda and sevana (सेवन). See also (synonyms): pādasevā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPādasevana (पादसेवन).—n.
(-naṃ) Service, duty. E. pāda, and sevana waiting upon.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPādasevana (पादसेवन):—[=pāda-sevana] [from pāda > pād] n.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPādasevana (पादसेवन):—[pāda-sevana] (naṃ) 1. n. Service.
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.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryPādasevana (पादसेवन):—n. 1. showing respect by touching the feet; 2. service;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Sevana, Pada, Pata.
Starts with: Padasevanam.
Full-text: Padasewan, Kayika Vacika Manasika, Ashta-vidha-bhakti-kriya, Padasevanam, Padaseva, Shakhya, Nava, Nav.
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