Sapatni, Sapatnī: 15 definitions
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Sapatni means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Sapatnī (सपत्नी, “co-wife”).—One of the Eleven Hands denoting Relationships.—(Instructions:) The Pāśa hand is shown first, and then Strī with both hands.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)
Sapatnī (सपत्नी) refers to the “other wives of one’s husband”, according to the Kāmasūtra: a Sanskrit text dealing with eroticism, sexuality and emotional fulfillment in life; being written by Mallanāga Vātsyāyana in the 2nd century A.D. it belongs to the Kāmaśāstra branch of literature which deals with the ancient Indian science of love-making.—Topics of Book IV (about a wife) include: On the conduct of the eldest Wife towards the other Wives of her Husband (sapatnī), and of the younger Wife towards the elder ones [sapatnīṣu jyeṣṭhāvṛttam | kaniṣṭhāvṛttam].
Kamashastra (कामशास्त्र, kāmaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian science of love-making, passion, emotions and other related topics dealing with the pleasures of the senses.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Sapatnī (सपत्नी) occurs in the Rigveda in the sense of ‘co-wife’; in the first and the last Maṇḍalas it means co-wife as a ‘rival’. In post-Vedic Sanskrit the word becomes a synonym for ‘rival’.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
sapatnī (सपत्नी).—f (S sa for samāna, & pati. Female having the same lord.) A fellow-wife, a rival-wife.
sapatnī (सपत्नी).—f A rival-wife, a fellow-wife.
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
Sapatnī (सपत्नी).—[samānaḥ patiryasyāḥ sā] A rival or fellow wife, rival mistress, co-wife (having the same husband with another); दिशः सपत्नी भव दक्षिणस्याः (diśaḥ sapatnī bhava dakṣiṇasyāḥ) R.6.63;14.86; कुरु प्रियसखीवृत्तिं सपत्नीजने (kuru priyasakhīvṛttiṃ sapatnījane) Ś.4.17.
Sapatnī (सपत्नी).—f. a wife whose husband has other wives,
— Cf. .
Sapatnī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sa and patnī (पत्नी).
Sapatnī (सपत्नी).—[feminine] having the same lord or husband, fellow-wife or mistress; also = seq.
1) Sapatnī (सपत्नी):—[=sa-patnī] [from sa > sa-pakṣa] a See sub voce
2) [=sa-patnī] [from sa-patna] 1. sa-patnī f. (once in [Rāmāyaṇa] tni) a woman who has the same husband with another woman ([Pāṇini 4-1, 35]) or whose husband has other wives, a fellow-wife or mistress, female rival, [Ṛg-veda]; etc.
3) [=sa-patnī] [from sa-patna] 2. sa-patnī mfn. = next, [Rāmāyaṇa]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sapatnī (सपत्नी) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Sauttī, Savattī, Sāvakkā.
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
Sapatnī (सपत्नी):—(nf) a co-wife; ~[ka] along with one’s wife.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Sapatni (ಸಪತ್ನಿ):—[noun] one of the two wives of a man, as related to another (wife); a fellow wife.
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Sāpatni (ಸಾಪತ್ನಿ):—
1) [noun] one of the two wives of a man, as related to another (wife); a fellow wife.
2) [noun] (fig.) a woman who hates or is hated by, intensly another woman.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Sapatni (ஸபத்நி) noun < sa-patnī. Co-wife; சக்களத்தி. [sakkalathi.]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Nepali dictionary
Sapatnī (सपत्नी):—n. another wife of one's husband; co-wife;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Patni, Ca, Sha.
Starts with: Sapatnibadhana, Sapatniduhitri, Sapatnijana, Sapatnik, Sapatnika, Sapatnikar, Sapatnikrita, Sapatniputra, Sapatnisha, Sapatnispardha, Sapatnitas, Sapatnitva.
Full-text (+14): Sapatnijana, Sapatnitva, Sapatna, Upasapatni, Sapatnispardha, Sapatniputra, Sapatnibadhana, Sapatnitas, Sapatniduhitri, Sapatnikrita, Kritasapatni, Naganimnaga, Sapatnika, Sapatnya, Chauthi, Cavatti, Sapatnisha, Sautti, Savatti, Nagapaga.
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Vasudevavijaya of Vasudeva (Study) (by Sajitha. A)
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