Shashthipujana, Ṣaṣṭhīpūjana, Shashthi-pujana: 4 definitions
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Shashthipujana 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.
The Sanskrit term Ṣaṣṭhīpūjana can be transliterated into English as Sasthipujana or Shashthipujana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryṣaṣṭhīpūjana (षष्ठीपूजन).—n (S) Worship performed by a woman, on the sixth day from her delivery, to ṣaṣṭhī (Durga) and to other goddesses.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishṣaṣṭhīpūjana (षष्ठीपूजन).—n Worship performed by a woman on the sixth day from her delivery.
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 dictionaryṢaṣṭhīpūjana (षष्ठीपूजन).—worship of the goddess षष्ठी (ṣaṣṭhī) performed on the sixth day after a woman's delivery.
Derivable forms: ṣaṣṭhīpūjanam (षष्ठीपूजनम्).
Ṣaṣṭhīpūjana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ṣaṣṭhī and pūjana (पूजन). See also (synonyms): ṣaṣṭhīpūjā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryṢaṣṭhīpūjana (षष्ठीपूजन):—[=ṣaṣṭhī-pūjana] [from ṣaṣṭhī > ṣaṣ] n. worship of the goddess Ṣaṣṭhī ([especially] performed by a woman on the sixth day after delivery), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
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: Shashthi, Pujana.
Full-text: Shashthipuja.
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