Vedarakshana, Vēdarakṣaṇa, Vedarakṣaṇa: 4 definitions
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Vedarakshana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit terms Vēdarakṣaṇa and Vedarakṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Vedaraksana or Vedarakshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryvēdarakṣaṇa (वेदरक्षण).—n (S) The conservation of the Vedas, as a duty of the Brahmanical order.
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: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVedarakṣaṇa (वेदरक्षण).—n.
(-ṇaṃ) The conservation of the Vedas, as a duty of the Brahmanical order. E. veda a Veda, and rakṣaṇa preserving.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVedarakṣaṇa (वेदरक्षण):—[=veda-rakṣaṇa] [from veda] n. the preservation of the Veda (as a duty of the Brāhmanical class), [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVedarakṣaṇa (वेदरक्षण):—[veda-rakṣaṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. The preservation of the Vedas as a duty of brāhmaṃs.
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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