Svadhaninayana, Svadhāninayana, Svadha-ninayana: 2 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySvadhāninayana (स्वधानिनयन).—a formula or sacred text used in making the oblations to the Pitṛs; नाभिव्याहारयेद्ब्रह्म स्वधानिनयनादृते (nābhivyāhārayedbrahma svadhāninayanādṛte) Manusmṛti 2.172.
Derivable forms: svadhāninayanam (स्वधानिनयनम्).
Svadhāninayana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms svadhā and ninayana (निनयन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySvadhāninayana (स्वधानिनयन):—[=sva-dhā-ninayana] [from sva-dhā > sva] n. performance of a Śrāddha rite with Sv°, [Manu-smṛti ii, 172]
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: Svadha, Ninayana.
Full-text: Svadhaninayaniya.
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