Suvarnabhisheka, Suvarṇābhiṣēka, Suvarṇābhiṣeka, Suvarna-abhisheka: 3 definitions
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Suvarnabhisheka 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 terms Suvarṇābhiṣēka and Suvarṇābhiṣeka can be transliterated into English as Suvarnabhiseka or Suvarnabhisheka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarysuvarṇābhiṣēka (सुवर्णाभिषेक).—m (S) A ceremony at marriages. The sprinkling of the bride and bridegroom with water into which a piece of gold has been dropped. The gold is afterwards given to Brahmans.
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 dictionarySuvarṇābhiṣeka (सुवर्णाभिषेक).—sprinkling the bride and bridegroom with water into which a piece of gold has been dropped.
Derivable forms: suvarṇābhiṣekaḥ (सुवर्णाभिषेकः).
Suvarṇābhiṣeka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms suvarṇa and abhiṣeka (अभिषेक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySuvarṇābhiṣeka (सुवर्णाभिषेक):—[from su-varṇa] m. the sprinkling a bride and bridegroom with water containing a piece of gold, [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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