Saptapadina, Sāptapadīna: 8 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySāptapadīna (साप्तपदीन).—a.
1) (-dī f.), [sāptapadīna] a. [cf. P.V.2.22] Formed by walking together seven steps, or by talking together seven words; यतः सतां संनतगात्रि संगतं मनी- षिभिः साप्तपदीनमुच्यते (yataḥ satāṃ saṃnatagātri saṃgataṃ manī- ṣibhiḥ sāptapadīnamucyate) Kumārasambhava 5.39 (where the latter sense appears better); सतां साप्तपदं मैत्रमित्याहुर्विबुधा जनाः (satāṃ sāptapadaṃ maitramityāhurvibudhā janāḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 2.43; 4.13.
-dam, -dīnam 1 Circumambulation of the nuptial fire by the bride and bridegroom in seven steps (which makes the marriage tie irrevocable).
2) Friendship, intimacy.
See also (synonyms): sāptapada.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySāptapadīna (साप्तपदीन).—n.
(-naṃ) 1. Friendship. 2. Circumambulation of the nuptial fire by the bride and bridegroom in seven steps, (after which the marriage is complete.) E. sapta seven, pada a step or pace, and khañ aff.; to be formed with any with whom seven paces are walked together.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySāptapadīna (साप्तपदीन).—i. e. sāptapada + īna, n. Friendship, [Kumārasaṃbhava, (ed. Stenzler.)] 5, 39.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySāptapadīna (साप्तपदीन).—[adjective] = [preceding]; [neuter] friendship.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Sāptapadīna (साप्तपदीन):—[=sāpta-padīna] [from sāpta] mfn. = [preceding] [Bālarāmāyaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] n. friendship (formed with any one after taking seven paces together, or [according to] to others after uttering only seven words), intimacy, [Kumāra-sambhava; Pañcatantra]
3) [v.s. ...] circumanibulation of the nuptial fire by the bride and bridegroom in seven steps, advance of the bride to meet the bridegroom in seven steps, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary],
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySāptapadīna (साप्तपदीन):—[sāpta-padīna] (naṃ) 1. n. Friendship.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusSāptapadīna (ಸಾಪ್ತಪದೀನ):—
1) [noun] seven steps walked by the bride and the bridegroom together, symbolising unsevered or uninterrupted association in their future life.
2) [noun] attachment between friends; friendship.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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