Vahnivadhu, Vahnivadhū, Vahni-vadhu: 5 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vahnivadhū (वह्निवधू).—f.

1) Svāhā, the wife of Agni.

2) The Svāhā Mantra.

Vahnivadhū is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vahni and vadhū (वधू).

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

Vahnivadhū (वह्निवधू).—f.

(-dhūḥ) The wife of Agni or fire. E. vahni and vadhū the wife.

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

Vahnivadhū (वह्निवधू):—[=vahni-vadhū] [from vahni > vah] f. the wife of Agni (Svāhā), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Vahnivadhū (वह्निवधू):—[vahni-vadhū] (dhūḥ) 3. f. The wife of Agni.

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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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