Salankritakanyadana, Sālaṅkṛtakanyādāna: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

sālaṅkṛtakanyādāna (सालंकृतकन्यादान).—n (A formation with sa With, alaṅkṛta Adorned, kanyā Girl, dāna Giving.) The giving away in marriage of the female adorned with jewels and trinkets. Opp. to the jocose or humorous formation giḷaṅkṛtakanyādāna q.v.

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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.

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