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Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Strīdharmiṇī (स्त्रीधर्मिणी) refers to the “monthly course”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.54 (“Description of the duties of the chaste wife”).—Accordingly, as a Brahmin lady said to Pārvatī: “[...] During the three days of her monthly course (strīdharmiṇī) she shall neither show her face nor speak to him. She shall not speak within his hearing till she becomes pure after her bath. After her bath she shall see her husband’s face and not that of anyone else. Or after thinking on her husband she shall then gaze at the sun. [...]”.

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

strīdharmiṇī (स्त्रीधर्मिणी).—f S A woman during menstruation.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Strīdharmiṇī (स्त्रीधर्मिणी).—a woman in her course; स्त्रीधर्मिणी वेपमाना शोणितेन समुक्षिता । एकवस्त्रा विकृष्टास्मि दुःखिता कुरुसंसदि (strīdharmiṇī vepamānā śoṇitena samukṣitā | ekavastrā vikṛṣṭāsmi duḥkhitā kurusaṃsadi) || Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.12.62.

Strīdharmiṇī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms strī and dharmiṇī (धर्मिणी).

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

Strīdharmiṇī (स्त्रीधर्मिणी):—[=strī-dharmiṇī] [from strī] f. a woman during menstruation, [Mahābhārata; Rājataraṅgiṇī]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Strīdharmiṇī (स्त्रीधर्मिणी):—[strī-dharmiṇī] (ṇī) 3. f. A woman during menstruation.

[Sanskrit to German]

Stridharmini in German

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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.

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Partial matches: Dharmin, Stri.

Full-text: Dharmin.

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