Alternative spellings of this word include Vagdan.

In Hinduism

Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Oxford Academic: Homo Ritualis: Hindu Ritual and Its Significance to Ritual Theory

Vāgdāna (वाग्दान) or Vāgdānavidhi refers to the “rules for the engagement” and represents a group of traditional marriage rituals, according to Dadhirāma Marāsini’s 19th century Vivāhapaddhati (part of his Karmakāṇḍabhāskara) which is based on the Pāraskara-Gṛhyasūtra, a domestic manual in the Mādhyandina school of the Vājasaneyisaṃhitā.—If performed traditionally, high caste marriages among the Parbatiyas (Parbates/Paharis/Pahadis) or Indo-Nepalese people in Nepal are normally executed by following the course of events as presented in marriage manuals. Such as the rules for the engagement (vāgdāna-vidhi).

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vāgdāna (वाग्दान).—n (S) Affiancing or betrothing. 2 Giving by promise.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

vāgdāna (वाग्दान).—n Betrothing; giving by promise.

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

Vāgdāna (वाग्दान):—[=vāg-dāna] [from vāg > vāc] n. ‘gift by word of mouth’, the promise or betrothment of a maiden in marriage, [Siṃhāsana-dvātriṃśikā or vikramāditya-caritra, jaina recension; Manvarthamuktāvalī, kullūka bhaṭṭa’s Commentary on manu-smṛti]

[Sanskrit to German]

Vagdana 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Vāgdāna (वाग्दान) [Also spelled vagdan]:—(nm) betrothal, engagement.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vāgdāna (ವಾಗ್ದಾನ):—

1) [noun] an oral agreement tyo do or not do something; a vow.

2) [noun] mutual pledge to marry; engagement; betrothal.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vac, Dana, Tana.

Starts with: Vagdanaprayoga, Vagdanavidhi.

Full-text: Vagdanaprayoga, Vagdan.

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Part 2 - The sacrement of Marriage < [Chapter 6 - Social Customs and Ethical Codes in Dharmaśāstras]

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