Alternative spellings of this word include Saparivar.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Saparīvāra (सपरीवार) refers to “(traveling) with relatives”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.37 (“The letter of betrothal is dispatched”).—Accordingly, as Himavat prepared the wedding of Menā and Śiva: “[...] O celestial sage, listen to a detailed narration of the arrival of those mountains. [...] Krauñca the chief of mountains, came with a large army of attendants. He had articles of presentation with him. He was accompanied by his kinsmen (saparīvāra) and relatives [e.g., sagaṇaḥ saparīvāra āyayau]. Puruṣottama mountain came with many presentation articles. He was highly honoured along with his followers. The mountain Nīla with plenty of wealth came along with his sons and womenfolk. [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

A king of twenty seven kappas ago, a previous birth of Paccuggamaniya Thera. Ap.i.240.

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

saparivāra (सपरिवार).—a Being accompanied by his cortège or train.

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

saparivāra (सपरिवार).—a Being accomplished by his train.

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

Saparivāra (सपरिवार):—[=sa-parivāra] [from sa > sa-pakṣa] mfn. = -parikara, [Pañcadaṇḍacchattra-prabandha]

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Saparivāra (सपरिवार) [Also spelled saparivar]:—(a and adv) with family.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Sha, Parivara, Ca.

Starts with: Saparivaracchattadayaka, Saparivarasana.

Full-text: Saparivar, Paccuggamaniya, Udyojayati.

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