Padisana, Paḍisaṇa: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Paḍisaṇa (ಪಡಿಸಣ):—

1) [noun] a critical examination, observation or evaluation; a test.

2) [noun] a testing of food for its being free from mixed with a poison, before it is given to or consumed by a king.

3) [noun] food; any eatable.

4) [noun] ಪಡಿಸಣದಾಳು [padisanadalu] paḍisaṇadāḷu a servant who tastes the food to check whether it is poisoned or not, before it being served to a king; ಪಡಿಸಣವಾಗು [padisanavagu] paḍisaṇavāgu to be consumed, as food; 2. (fig.) to become a victim of.

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Paḍisaṇa (ಪಡಿಸಣ):—

1) [noun] he who dines in the same plate in which his master has dined.

2) [noun] such an act.

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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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