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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

vadhukā : (f.) a young wife; a daughter-in-law.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Vadhukā, (f.) (fr. vadhū) a daughter-in-law, a young wife A. II, 78; DhA. III, 260. (Page 600)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Vadhukā (वधुका).—(= Pali id., Sanskrit vadhū; see also vadhūkā), young woman, young matron: na ca dārikāṃ vā kanyāṃ vā vadhukāṃ vā…Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 277.3 (prose); kuleṣu cāpi °kāṃ (WT with v.l. °kāḥ) kumāryaś ca vivarjayet 279.12 (verse); bride, mi (= me)…vadhukāṃ vṛṇīṣva Lalitavistara 139.16 (verse); daughter-in-law, °kāye Sudarśanāye (in reference to Alindā, her mother-in-law) Mahāvastu ii.445.12; 446.19 (both prose); śreṣṭhi-°kā Avadāna-śataka i.255.9 (prose).

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Vadhūkā (वधूका).—(= vadhukā, q.v.), young woman, especially young wife, young matron: sarvā etā °ūkā navā dahrās… Lalitavistara 100.12 (volunteer nurses for the infant Bodhisattva); nava-vadhūkā Lalitavistara 157.12, a young wife; a young matroṇ or woman, Divyāvadāna 632.1; 651.15; daughter-in-law (as in Mahāvastu ii.445.12 vadhukā) Mahāvastu ii.446.20 (mss.). All prose.

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

Vadhukā (वधुका).—f.

(-kā) A wife. E. vadhu for vadhū, and kan added.

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

1) Vadhukā (वधुका):—[from vadhū] f. a young woman or wife, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Vadhūka (वधूक):—[from vadhū] (ifc.) = vadhū, a wife, [Hemacandra’s Pariśiṣṭaparvan] (cf. sa-v).

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

Vadhukā (वधुका):—(kā) 1. f. A wife.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vadhuka 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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Ends with: Avadhuka, Kuvadhuka, Pavadhuka, Savadhuka.

Full-text: Vadhukya, Savadhuka, Vadhu.

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