Paryankabandhana, Paryaṅkabandhana: 3 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Paryaṅkabandhana (पर्यङ्कबन्धन) or Paryyaṅkabandhana.—n.

(-naṃ) Binding a cloth round the knees, thighs, and back, as seated on the hams. E. paryaṅka, and bandhana binding.

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

Paryaṅkabandhana (पर्यङ्कबन्धन):—[=pary-aṅka-bandhana] [from pary-aṅka > pary-añc] n. ([cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) the act of sitting with the legs bent and binding a cloth round the back and loins and knees.

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

Paryaṅkabandhana (पर्यङ्कबन्धन):—[paryaṅka-bandhana] (naṃ) 1. n. Sitting on the haṃs with the knees bound.

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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.

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