Trinagni, Tṛṇāgni, Trina-agni: 8 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Tṛṇāgni can be transliterated into English as Trnagni or Trinagni, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tṛṇāgni (तृणाग्नि).—

1) a fire of chaff of straw; ब्राह्मणस्त्वनधीयानस्तृणाग्निरिव शाम्यति (brāhmaṇastvanadhīyānastṛṇāgniriva śāmyati) Manusmṛti 3. 168.

2) fire quickly extinguished.

3) burning a criminal by twisting straw round his body and then setting it on fire.

Derivable forms: tṛṇāgniḥ (तृणाग्निः).

Tṛṇāgni is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tṛṇa and agni (अग्नि).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tṛṇāgni (तृणाग्नि).—m.

(-gniḥ) 1. Conflagration of chaff. 2. Burning a criminal wraped up in straw. E. tṛṇa grass, and agni fire: see tuṣānala.

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

Tṛṇāgni (तृणाग्नि).—m. a fire of dry grass, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 168.

Tṛṇāgni is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tṛṇa and agni (अग्नि).

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

Tṛṇāgni (तृणाग्नि).—[masculine] a grass or straw-fire.

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

1) Tṛṇāgni (तृणाग्नि):—[from tṛṇa] m. a grass fire (quickly extinguished), [Manu-smṛti iii, 168; Pañcatantra]

2) [v.s. ...] burning a criminal wrapped up in straw, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Tṛṇāgni (तृणाग्नि):—[tṛṇā+gni] (gniḥ) 2. m. Conflagration of chaff; burning a criminal.

[Sanskrit to German]

Trinagni 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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