Pashvavadana, Paśvavadāna, Pashu-avadana: 4 definitions
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Pashvavadana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
The Sanskrit term Paśvavadāna can be transliterated into English as Pasvavadana or Pashvavadana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPaśvavadāna (पश्ववदान).—a sacrifice of animals.
Derivable forms: paśvavadānam (पश्ववदानम्).
Paśvavadāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms paśu and avadāna (अवदान).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPaśvavadāna (पश्ववदान).—n.
(-naṃ) Sacrifice of offering of animals. E. paśu, and avadāna oblation.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPaśvavadāna (पश्ववदान):—[=paśv-avadāna] [from paśv > paś] n. sacrifice or offering of animals, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPaśvavadāna (पश्ववदान):—[paśva+vadāna] (naṃ) 1. n. A sacrificing.
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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