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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Patidharma (पतिधर्म) refers to “devotion towards one’s husband”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.5 (“The Tripuras are fascinated).—Accordingly, as Sanatkumāra narrated to Vyāsa: “O sage, addressing the lord of the Asuras and the citizens thus, the sage with his disciples spoiled the Vedic rites in a determined manner. [...] O foremost among brahmins, why shall I dilate upon this topic? Suffice it to say that in the three cities every type of Vedic rites was completely stopped by that deceptive heretic sage. The women of the three cities who were hitherto devotedly attached to their husbands (patidharma-āśraya) were deluded and misguided and they abandoned their noble inclinations to serve their husbands. [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Patidharma (पतिधर्म).—duty (of a wife) towards a husband.

Derivable forms: patidharmaḥ (पतिधर्मः).

Patidharma is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pati and dharma (धर्म).

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

Patidharma (पतिधर्म):—[=pati-dharma] [from pati] m. duty towards a h°, [Mahābhārata]

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Patidharma 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.

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Partial matches: Dharma, Tarma, Pati.

Starts with: Patidharmatas, Patidharmavati.

Ends with: Grihapatidharma.

Full-text: Patidharmavati, Patidharmatas.

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