Vardhapana, Vardhāpana: 7 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVardhāpana (वर्धापन).—[vardhaṃ chedaṃ karoti, vṛdh ṇic-āp ca tato bhāve lyuṭ]
1) Cutting, dividing.
2) Cutting the umbilical cord, or the ceremony connected with this act.
3) A festival on a birth-day.
4) Any festival in general when wishes for prosperity and other congratulatory expressions are offered; cf. पूर्णपात्र (pūrṇapātra).
Derivable forms: vardhāpanam (वर्धापनम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVardhāpana (वर्धापन) or Varddhāpana.—n.
(-naṃ) 1. Cutting, dividing. 2. The ceremony of cutting the umbilical cord. 3. A festival when good wishes and congratulatory expressions are offered. E. varddh to cut, causal v., lyuṭ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVardhāpana (वर्धापन).—n. 1. Cutting, dividing. 2. i. e. vardhāpaya (anomal. [Causal.] of vṛdh), + ana; also ºnaka ºna + ka, A festival on a birthday, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] ed. 18, 8; [Pañcatantra] ed. orn. 49, 16.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVardhāpana (वर्धापन).—[neuter] the cutting of the navel-string.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vardhāpana (वर्धापन):—[from vardh] 1. vardhāpana n. (for 2. See [column]2) the act of cutting the umbilical cord, (or) the ceremony in commemoration of that act, [Vetāla-pañcaviṃśatikā; Purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] ([probably]) = vardhāpaka, presents distributed at the ceremony of cutting the umbilical cord, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [from vardha] 2. vardhāpana n. (for 1. See [column]1; possibly 1. and 2. ought not to be separated) a birthday ceremony, festival on a birthday or any festive occasion, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Vardhāpana (वर्धापन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Vaḍḍhavaṇa, Vaddhāvaṇa.
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