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Kavya (poetry)

Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa

Patiṃvarā (पतिंवरा) refers to a “woman who chooses her husband herself”, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 9.81.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

patiṃvarā (पतिंवरा).—f S A female arrived at the marriageable age, a nubile maiden.

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

patiṃvarā (पतिंवरा).—f A female arrived at the marri- ageable age, a nubile maiden.

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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

Patiṃvarā (पतिंवरा).—A woman who is about to choose a husband; विवेश मञ्चान्तरराजमार्गं पतिंवरा क्लृप्तविवाहवेषा (viveśa mañcāntararājamārgaṃ patiṃvarā klṛptavivāhaveṣā) R.6.1,67.

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

Patiṃvarā (पतिंवरा).—f.

(-rā) 1. A bride choosing her husband. 2. A pungent seed, (Nigella Indica.) E. pati a husband, vṛ to choose, khac aff.

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

Patiṃvarā (पतिंवरा).—i. e. pati + m -vṛ + a, adj. One who chooses her husband herself, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 6, 10.

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

Patiṃvarā (पतिंवरा).—[feminine] choosing her husband.

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

Patiṃvarā (पतिंवरा):—[=pati-ṃ-varā] [from pati] f. a woman who chooses her husband for herself (cf. svayaṃ-vara), [Raghuvaṃśa; Rājataraṅgiṇī]

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

Patimvarā (पतिम्वरा):—[pati-mvarā] (rā) 1. f. A bride choosing her own husband; a pungent seed (Nigella Indica).

[Sanskrit to German]

Patimvara 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: Vara, Pati.

Full-text: Patinwara, Kharu, Vyati, Vara.

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