Alternative spellings of this word include Parimarjan.

In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Parimārjana (परिमार्जन, “preparing”) refers to one of the four acts related to the bow (dhanus). It is a Sanskrit technical term defined in the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 11. Accordingly, “preparing (parimārjana) is the bending [of the bow]”.

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

parimārjana (परिमार्जन).—n S Washing, cleansing, purifying. 2 fig. Appeasing, assuaging, composing (anger, grief, a dispute).

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

parimārjana (परिमार्जन).—n Washing, purifying. Fig. Appeasing, assuaging.

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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 dictionary

Parimārjana (परिमार्जन).—

1) Cleaning, wiping off.

2) A dish of honey and oil; मधुतैलघृतैर्मध्ये वेष्टिताः समिताश्च ये । मधुमस्तक- मुद्दिष्टं तस्याख्या परिमार्जनम् (madhutailaghṛtairmadhye veṣṭitāḥ samitāśca ye | madhumastaka- muddiṣṭaṃ tasyākhyā parimārjanam) || Śabdachandrikā.

Derivable forms: parimārjanam (परिमार्जनम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Parimārjana (परिमार्जन).—[neuter] wiping off, cleaning.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Parimārjana (परिमार्जन):—[=pari-mārjana] [from pari-mṛj] n. wiping off, cleaning, washing, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Gautama-dharma-śāstra]

2) [v.s. ...] wiping away, removing, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]

3) [v.s. ...] a dish of honey and oil, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Parimarjana in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Parimārjana (परिमार्जन) [Also spelled parimarjan]:—(nm) cleansing, purging; refinement; hence ~[mārjanīya] (a); ~[mārjanīyatā] (nf).

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Parimārjana (ಪರಿಮಾರ್ಜನ):—[noun] = ಪರಿಮಾರ್ಜನೆ [parimarjane].

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Marjana, Pari.

Ends with: Antahparimarjana.

Full-text: Parimarjan, Antahparimarjana, Internal purification, External purification, Dhanus.

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