Putrakadharma, Putrakādharma, Putraka-dharma: 1 definition

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[«previous next»] — Putrakadharma in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Putrakādharma (पुत्रकाधर्म).—bestowing a daughter in marriage so as to raise issue for her father (see putrikā 3); आकूतिं रुचये प्रादादपि भ्रातृमतीं नृपः । पुत्रिकाधर्ममाश्रित्य (ākūtiṃ rucaye prādādapi bhrātṛmatīṃ nṛpaḥ | putrikādharmamāśritya) Bhāgavata 4.1.2. See next word.

Derivable forms: putrakādharmaḥ (पुत्रकाधर्मः).

Putrakādharma is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms putrakā and dharma (धर्म). See also (synonyms): putrikādharma.

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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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