The Sanskrit term Varaniścaya can be transliterated into English as Varaniscaya or Varanishcaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Varanishchaya.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

varaniścaya (वरनिश्चय).—m (S) The determining or appointing of a husband for.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Varaniścaya (वरनिश्चय).—the choice of a bridegroom.

Derivable forms: varaniścayaḥ (वरनिश्चयः).

Varaniścaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vara and niścaya (निश्चय).

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

Varaniścaya (वरनिश्चय):—[=vara-niścaya] [from vara] m. the determining or choosing of a person to be a husband, choice of a bridegroom, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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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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Partial matches: Nishcaya, Vara.

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