Sevadharma, Sēvādharma, Sevādharma, Seva-dharma: 6 definitions
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Sevadharma means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarysēvādharma (सेवाधर्म).—m (S) The duties and obligations, the peculiar offices, functions, or virtues, of service.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishsēvādharma (सेवाधर्म).—m The duties and obligations of service.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySevādharma (सेवाधर्म).—
1) the duty of service; सेवाधर्मः परमगहनो योगिनामप्यगम्यः (sevādharmaḥ paramagahano yogināmapyagamyaḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.285.
2) the obligations of service.
Derivable forms: sevādharmaḥ (सेवाधर्मः).
Sevādharma is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sevā and dharma (धर्म).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySevādharma (सेवाधर्म).—m.
(-rmaḥ) 1. The functions of service. 2. The duty or rule of service.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySevādharma (सेवाधर्म).—[masculine] the duty or rule of service.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySevādharma (सेवाधर्म):—[=sevā-dharma] [from sevā > sev] m. the duties or functions of s°, [Bhartṛhari]
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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Partial matches: Dharma, Seva.
Full-text: Agamya, Ekabhava, Yogin, Gahana, Dharma, Yagin, Gamya.
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