Paurvahnika, Paurvāhṇika: 8 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Paurvāhṇika (पौर्वाह्णिक).—a. (-kī f.) Relating to the forenoon; व्युषितो रजनीं चाहं कृत्वा पौर्वाह्णिकीः क्रियाः (vyuṣito rajanīṃ cāhaṃ kṛtvā paurvāhṇikīḥ kriyāḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.168.2.
Paurvāhṇika (पौर्वाह्णिक) or Paurvvāhṇika.—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) Belonging or relating to or produced in the forepart of the day. E. pūrvāhṇa forenoon, aff. ṭhañ .
Paurvāhṇika (पौर्वाह्णिक).—i. e. pūrvāh- ṇa + ika, adj., f. kī, Belonging or relating to, or produced in the forepart of the day, [Sāvitryupākhyāna] 7, 1.
Paurvāhṇika (पौर्वाह्णिक):—mfn. ([wrong reading] hnika) relating to the morning, produced in the forenoon, matutinal, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Mahābhārata etc.]
Paurvāhṇika (पौर्वाह्णिक):—[paurvā+hṇika] (kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) a. Belonging to the fore-part of the day.
Paurvāhṇika (पौर्वाह्णिक):—(von pūrvāhṇa) adj. f. ī zum Vormittag in Beziehung stehend [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 24.] upasad [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 8, 3, 6. 17. 17, 7, 3.] kriyā [Sāvitryupākhyāna 4, 10.] [Arjunasamāgama 4, 2] [?(Mahābhārata 3, 11993). Rāmāyaṇa 1, 33, 2. 36, 3 (37, 3 Gorresio).] vidhi [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 1, 26, 2.] subst. so v. a. paurvāhṇikakriyā [Sāvitryupākhyāna 7, 1.] An vielen Stellen fälschlich paurvāhnika geschrieben.
Paurvāhṇika (पौर्वाह्णिक):—Adj. (f. ī) zum Vormittag in Beziehung stehend. Subst. so v.a. kriyā.
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Paurvāhnika (पौर्वाह्निक):—fehlerhaft für paurvāhṇika.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Paurvāhnika (ಪೌರ್ವಾಹ್ನಿಕ):—
1) [adjective] that is to be done in the forenoon.
2) [adjective] of, in or for the forenoon.
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Paurvāhnika (ಪೌರ್ವಾಹ್ನಿಕ):—[noun] any of the daily rites that are to be carried out before the noon.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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