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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prasādhanavidhi (प्रसाधनविधि).—decoration, embellishment.

Derivable forms: prasādhanavidhiḥ (प्रसाधनविधिः).

Prasādhanavidhi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prasādhana and vidhi (विधि).

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

Prasādhanavidhi (प्रसाधनविधि).—m.

(-dhiḥ) Decoration, embellishment.

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

Prasādhanavidhi (प्रसाधनविधि).—m. embellishing, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 22.

Prasādhanavidhi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prasādhana and vidhi (विधि).

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

Prasādhanavidhi (प्रसाधनविधि):—[=pra-sādhana-vidhi] [from pra-sādhana > pra-sādh] m. mode of decoration or embellishment, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

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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: Prasadhana, Vidhi, Viti.

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