Vivaha, Vivāha: 39 definitions
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In Hinduism
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Vivāha (विवाह) or “marriage” is the most important of all saṃskāras Through this saṃskāra, one, who has completed the sacrificial bath (samāvartanasnāna), or brahmacaryāśrama, enters into the gārthasthāśrama. This is the most important saṃskāra for men of the twice born classes (dvija). This is the only Vedic sacrament meant for women. It is to be noted that this sacrament is also performed by śūdras without using Vedic mantras.
From the Vedic period marriage is familiar in the s ociety. According to the Ṛgveda, the purpose of marriage, is to enable a man, by b ecoming householder, to perform sacrifices to the gods and procreate sons. The husband accepts a woman as a wife for gārhapatya.
The Manusaṃhitā recognizes eight types of marriage. These are
- Brāhma,
- Daiva,
- Ārṣa,
- Prājāpatya,
- Āsura,
- Gāndharva,
- Rākṣasa
- and Paiśāca.
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.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
1) Vivaha (विवह).—An air (wind) which blows very speedily. This wind will be transformed to a fierce storm which will cause havoc everywhere. At the time of the great flood this Vivaha will blow away the cloud called Valāhaka in consequence of which destruction and devastation will become rampant on earth. (M.B, Śānti Parva, Chapter 328).
2) Vivāha (विवाह).—(marriage) General information. In ancient India marriage was considered to be a sacrifice performed in accordance with social customs. Marriage was allowed to those who had completed education at the age of sixteen. (Samāvartana). Father or teacher teaches the pupil the Vedas and Vedāṅgas. When the education is completed the teacher or father makes him sit on a seat decorated with flowers, sandalwood etc. and do Godānavrata. Then he is offered Pañcāmṛta (milk, curd, butter, honey and water). This is called Samāvartana. With this his brahmacarya ends, and he is allowed to marry and lead the life of a house-holder.
Vivāha (विवाह) refers to “marriage” which was proclaimed as a “great bondage” (parabandhana) by Śiva as he was “engaged in Yoga” (yogalagna), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.16. Accordingly as Brahmā narrated to Nārada:—“[...] On hearing these words of mine—of Brahmā—in the presence of Viṣṇu, Śiva, the lord of worlds spoke to me with his face beaming with a smile: [...] Even as I am engaged in Yoga, I experience the mystic bliss. Only a man devoid of perfect knowledge will make much of marriage (vivāha) and desire it. Actually it is a great bondage (parabandhana). Hence I am not interested in it. This is truth. I am telling you the truth”.
1) Vivaha (विवह).—The chief of the fifth Vātaskandha, situated between the Nakṣatras (Ṛkṣa, Vāyu-purāṇa) and the planets;1 one of the seven Maruts.2
2a) Vivāha (विवाह).—One of the four sons in the 30th Kalpa of Śarva, red in colour, attire, etc.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 22. 30.
2b) Eight-fold: Brāhma, Daiva, Ārṣa, Prājāpatya, Āsura, Saindhava, Rākṣasa, and Paiśāca;1 Kṛṣṇa married Rukmiṇī by the Rākṣasa form;2 the marriage day fit for merudāna: gṛhabali recommended in.3
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Shaktism
Vivāha (विवाह) refers to a “marriage”, according to the Ṣaṭsāhasrasaṃhitā, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, “One should institute a great sacrifice at times of great fear, when in conflict with a powerful enemy, when the land is afflicted with drought, when locusts and soldiers come (to ravage it), when (one seeks to) remedy disease and suffering, when there is a fight between relatives for kingdom, when the king is deposed, during solitary combat in a great battle, in order to (get a) son, when one fails to gets a young virgin (bride), during a marriage [i.e., vivāha], in order to gain victory, (or) when a fort is under attack. [...]”.
Vivāha (विवाह) refers to one of the eleven saṃskāras (purificatory rites of fire) forming part of preliminary rites before Dīkṣā: an important ritual of Śāktism described in the Śāradātilaka-tantra, chapters III-V.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Vivāha (विवाह) or Vivāhamūrti refers to one of the eighteen forms (mūrti) of Śiva mentioned in the Kāraṇāgama (pratimālakṣaṇavidhi-paṭala): the fourth among the Siddhāntaśaivāgamas. The forms of Śiva (e.g., Vivāha) are established through a process known as Sādākhya, described as a five-fold process of creation.
Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
Arthashastra (politics and welfare)
Vivaha (विवह, “marriage”) refers to one of the sixteen saṃskāras, or “ceremonies” accompanying the individual during the Gṛhastha (householder) stage of the Āśrama way of life. These ceremonies (e.g., vivaha-saṃskāra) are community affairs and at each ceremony relations and friends gather for community eating.
Arthashastra (अर्थशास्त्र, arthaśāstra) literature concerns itself with the teachings (shastra) of economic prosperity (artha) statecraft, politics and military tactics. The term arthashastra refers to both the name of these scientific teachings, as well as the name of a Sanskrit work included in such literature. This book was written (3rd century BCE) by by Kautilya, who flourished in the 4th century BCE.
Shaivism
Vivāha (विवाह) refers to the “marriage ceremony”, which is mentioned as one of the fire-rituals related to the kuṇḍa (“fire-pit”), according to the various Āgamas and related literature. Vivāha is mentioned in the Vīra-āgama (chapter 41) and the Makuṭa-āgama (chapter 6).
Vivāha (विवाह) or Vivāhastha refers to “taking a wife” and is used to describe Viṣṇu, according to the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 13.1-9, while describing the appearance and worship of Viṣṇu]—“Or, [the Mantrin] worships a very handsome, eight-armed, yellow Deva. [...] He remembers [Viṣṇu’s] many forms. Thus, he thinks [of him] with a collection of many faces, many weapons and [many] arms [i.e., the cosmic Viṣṇu], reclining, taking a wife (vivāha—vivāhastham), joined with Lakṣmī, alone, [as] Narasiṃha, Varāha, or Vāmana, Kapila, or an honorable man, unadorned, or even without parts. [...]”.
Vivāha (विवाह) refers to a “marriage” (during which time eating from one’s vessel—pātra should be avoided) (Cf. Pātrabheda—rules concerning the vessel), according to the Pātravidhi—a manual of the Lakulīśa Pāśupata school of Śaivism dealing with purification of the initiate’s vessel (pātra) and other concerned issues.—Accordingly, “[An ascetic] should do a hundred [prāṇāyāmas] in the case of breaching rules of purity, and also a hundred in the case of a breach of rules concerning the vessel (pātrabheda). Having eaten from unfit vessels he should then additionally observe a fast of three days. (3) [...] Now the breaking of rules concerning the vessel is fivefold: if one eats at i) a marriage (vivāha), ii) a sacrifice or iii) a śrāddha ceremony, and iv) eats again from the vessel already washed [after he has eaten once from it], [and] v) eats at a place filled with bad people and people of mixed caste. (34)”.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Vivāha (विवाह) refers to “marriage” (in the science of horoscopy), according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 1), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “[...] In my work on Astronomy, I have treated of the rising and setting of the planets as well as their retrograde and reretrograde motions and the like. In my work on Horoscopy, I have fully treated of nativity, of yātrā and of marriage [i.e., vivāha]. In the present treatise, I have rejected questions and re-questions, historical narrations, unimportant planetary phenomena and all that is useless; and my purpose is to speak clearly only of the vital truths of the several subjects treated of”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Kavya (poetry)
Vivāha (विवाह) refers to “marriage”, according to Kālidāsa’s Raghuvaṃśa verse 7.20.—Accordingly: “There lord Bhoja’s venerable chaplain, who was like fire, offered clarified butter and other things to the fire, and having made the same [fire] witness to the marriage (vivāha-sākṣya) he wed the bride and the groom”.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Vivāha (विवाह) refers to “marriage” which should be avoided on a stage (where a dramatic play is performed).—A Nāṭaka should contain pañcasandhis which indicate five successive stages of the drama. This criterion also is present in the Mudrārākṣasa. [...] In the Sāhityadarpaṇa, Viśvanātha gives a list of certain actions which should not be presented on the stage. These are [e.g., marriage (vivāha)] [...].
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Vivāha (विवाह) refers to the “marriage ceremony (of the Lord)”, as discussed in chapter 7 of the Bhāradvājasaṃhitā or “Bhāradvāja-kaṇva-saṃhitā”: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 230 ślokas mainly concerned with basic details concerning temple construction and icon consecration.—Description of chapter [bhagavadvivāha-anukramaṇikā]: On the appointed eleventh day the Ācārya should arise early and attend to the collection of various materials necessary for the rites surrounding the marriage (vivāha) of the Lord—aṅkurārpaṇa-germinations, etc. The yāgabera-icon in the evening is taken to the yāgaśālā-area where various homa-oblations will be taken care of, and where invocations, bali-offerings and flag-hoisting ceremonies, etc. will also be done. [...]
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)
Vivāha (विवाह) refers to the “different forms of marriage”, according to the Kāmasūtra: a Sanskrit text dealing with eroticism, sexuality and emotional fulfillment in life; being written by Mallanāga Vātsyāyana in the 2nd century A.D. it belongs to the Kāmaśāstra branch of literature which deals with the ancient Indian science of love-making.—Topics of Book III (the acquisition of a wife) include: On the different Forms of Marriage (vivāha) [vivāhayogaḥ].
Kamashastra (कामशास्त्र, kāmaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian science of love-making, passion, emotions and other related topics dealing with the pleasures of the senses.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Vivāha (विवाह) refers to “ten-quintillion” (10,000,000,000,000,000,000) in a list of numeral denominations, according to the Lalitavistara-sūtra, a well-known Buddhist work of the first century B.C.—Accordingly, “The mathematician Arjuna asked the Bodhisattva, ‘O young man, do you know the counting which goes beyond the koṭi on the centesimal scale? Bodhisattva: I know. Arjuna: How does the counting proceed beyond the koṭi on the centesimal scale? Bodhisattva: [hundred kṣobhyas are called vivāha, hundred vivāhas are called utsaṅga...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Vivāha (विवाह) is the twenty-second of sixty digits (decimal place) in an special enumeration system mentioned by Vasubandhu in his Abhidharmakośa (“treasury of knowledge”). The explanations of the measure of years, eons, and so forth must be comprehended through calculation based on a numerical system. Enumeration begins from one and increases by a factor of ten for each shift in decimal place. The sixtieth number in this series is called “countless”.
Among these decimal positions (e.g., vivāha), the first nine positions from one to one hundred million are called ‘single set enumeration’. From a billion up to, but not including countless is “the enumeration of the great companion” and is called the ‘recurring enumeration’.
India history and geography
Vivāha.—(EI 12), ‘one whose vehicle is the bird’; i. e. Viṣṇu. Note: vivāha is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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Vivāha.—(CII 1), marriage of a daughter; cf. āvāha which means the marriage of a son. Note: vivāha is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
vivāha : (m.) marriage.
Vivāha, (fr. vi+vah) “carrying or sending away, ” i.e. marriage, wedding D. I, 99; Sn. p. 105; PvA. 144; SnA 448 (where distinction āvāha=kaññā-gahaṇaṃ, vivāha= kaññā-dānaṃ).—As nt. at Vin. III, 135. Cp. āvāha & vevāhika. (Page 638)
vivāha (ဝိဝါဟ) [(pu,na) (ပု၊န)]—
[vi+vaha+ṇa．ṭī．318．visiṭṭhaṃ vahanaṃ vivāho．kappadduma．vivāha-saṃ．viāha-prā,addhamāgadhī．]
[ဝိ+ဝဟ+ဏ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။ ၃၁၈။ ဝိသိဋ္ဌံ ဝဟနံ ဝိဝါဟော။ ကပ္ပဒ္ဒုမ။ ဝိဝါဟ-သံ။ ဝိအာဟ-ပြာ၊ အဒ္ဓမာဂဓီ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
vivāha—
(Burmese text): (၁) သမီးပေးခြင်း၊ ထိမ်းမြား-လက်ထပ်-မင်္ဂလာဆောင်-ခြင်း။ (၂) သတို့သမီးပေးခြင်း၊ မင်္ဂလာကိုပြုစေခြင်း။ (၃) သမီးယူခြင်း,သမီးပေးခြင်းနှင့်စပ်သော-ထိမ်းမြား-လက်ထပ်-မင်္ဂလာ။ (၄) သမီးပေး-ထိမ်းမြား-လက်ထပ်-ရာ (ကာလ)။ ဝိဝါဟကာလ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Giving a daughter, nurturing marriage celebrations. (2) Offering a maiden, facilitating good fortune. (3) Taking a daughter, giving a daughter and related nurturing marriage celebrations. (4) The period of giving a daughter - nurturing marriage celebrations. See the details of the period.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
vivāha (विवाह).—m (S) Matrimony or wedlock. Eight forms or modes are reckoned. See under aṣṭauvivāha.
vivāha (विवाह).—m Marriage, matrimony or wedlock.
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
Vivaha (विवह).—Name of one of the seven tongues of fire.
Derivable forms: vivahaḥ (विवहः).
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Vivāha (विवाह).—Marriage; (Hindu lawgivers enumerate eight forms of marriage; brāhmo daivastathaivārṣaḥ prājāpatyastathā''suraḥ | gāṃdharvo rākṣasaścaiva paiśācaścāṣṭamo'dhamaḥ || Manusmṛti 3.21; see Y.1. 58-61 also; for explanation of these forms see s. v.).
Derivable forms: vivāhaḥ (विवाहः).
Vivāha (विवाह).—(1) m. (= Pali id., see [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary] s.v.), giving in marriage, see s.v. āvāha; (2) m. or nt., a moderately high number, commonly about 100 akṣobhya (so Lalitavistara): m., always in Mahāvyutpatti, 7722; 7848 (cited from Gaṇḍavyūha); 7960 (cited from Lalitavistara); 8010; Sukhāvatīvyūha 31.1; (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 343.17 (read vi-vāhas); nt., Lalitavistara 148.1; Gaṇḍavyūha 133.6 (105.24 gen. °hasya); (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 262.14.
Vivaha (विवह).—m.
(-haḥ) One of the seven tongues of fire.
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Vivāha (विवाह).—m.
(-haḥ) Marriage; eight recognized forms of marriage are enumerated by Hindu law-givers, viz:— “brāhmo daivastathaivārṣaḥ prājāpatyastathāsuraḥ . gāndharvo rākṣasaścaiva paiśācaścāṣṭamo'dhamaḥ ..” E. vi mutually, vah to take, aff. ghañ .
Vivāha (विवाह).—i. e. vi-vah + a, m. 1. Marriage, [Pañcatantra] 188, 22. 2. Nuptial form, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 20.
Vivāha (विवाह).—[masculine] leading (the bride) home; wedding, marriage.
Vivāha (विवाह) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Oudh. Xx, 170. 180 (by Gobhila).
1) Vivaha (विवह):—[=vi-vaha] [from vi-vah] m. ‘carrying away’, Name of one of the seven winds, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa]
2) [v.s. ...] of one of the seven tongues of fire, [Colebrooke]
3) Vivāha (विवाह):—[=vi-vāha] [from vi-vah] m. leading away (of the bride from her father’s house), taking a wife, marriage with ([instrumental case] with or without saha), [Atharva-veda]; etc. (eight kinds of marriage are enumerated in [Manu-smṛti iii, 21], viz. Brāhma, Daiva, Ārṣa, Prājāpatya, Āsura, Gāndharva, Rākṣasa, and Paiśāca; cf. [Yājñavalkya i, 58-61] and, [Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams 190 etc.])
4) [v.s. ...] a [particular] wind, [Śakuntalā [Scholiast or Commentator]] ([probably] [wrong reading] for vi-vaha)
5) [v.s. ...] a vehicle (and ‘marriage’), [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa vii, 13]
6) [v.s. ...] n. a [particular] high number, [Buddhist literature]
7) Vīvāha (वीवाह):—[=vī-vāha] m. = vi-vāha, taking a wife, marriage (‘with’, saha), [Hemacandra’s Pariśiṣṭaparvan; Pañcadaṇḍacchattra-prabandha]
Vivāha (विवाह):—[vi-vāha] (haḥ) 1. m. Marriage.
Vivaha (विवह):—(von 1. vah mit vi) m. N. eines der sieben Winde [Mahābhārata 12, 12409. fgg.] [Harivaṃśa 12787.] [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa] beim Schol. zu [Śākuntala 165] (vivahākhyaḥ zu lesen). eine der sieben Zungen des Feuers (als masc.!) [Colebrooke II, 398.]
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Vivāha (विवाह):—(von 1. vah mit vi)
1) m. Heimführung der Braut, Hochzeit, Heirath [Amarakoṣa 2, 7, 55.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 7, 30.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 517.] [Halāyudha 2, 340.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 12, 1, 24. 14, 2, 65.] pra vasyaso vivā.amāpnoti [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 7, 2, 8, 7] (vasīyāṃsaṃ vivāham [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 7, 10, 4).] [Kāṭhaka-Recension 25, 3.] devavivāhaṃ vyavahetām [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 4, 27.] [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 11, 2, 6. 12, 5, 1. 15, 6.] [GṚHY. 1, 4, 1.] die Arten der Heirath [6, 1. fgg.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 75. 79. 84.] sāmnoḥ [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 11, 9, 5. -] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 112. 5, 152. 8, 112.] [Mahābhārata 3, 13844.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 3, 10. 2, 57, 13.] [Raghuvaṃśa 7, 17.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S.1, 10. 2, S. 6, Z. 3.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 19, 43.] asya damayantyāśca [Mahābhārata 3, 2230.] vivāhaṃ kārayāmāsa damayantyā nalasya ca [2231.] vivāhaṃ nirvartayitum [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 69, 12.] rājanyaviprayoḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 18, 5.] ityeteṣāmavivāhaḥ diese dürfen nicht unter einander heirathen [Pravarādhyāya] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 55, 6 u.s.w.] vivāhaḥ sadṛśaiḥ saha [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 53.] samairvivāhaṃ kurute [Spr. 5180.] kumāreṇa saha vivāhaḥ kṛtaḥ [Vetālapañcaviṃśati] in [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 11, 18.fg.] kadācidvivāhaḥ saṃjātastadgṛhe [Pañcatantra 26, 19.] vivāhotkā [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 68.] vidhi [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 65.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 71, 13.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1046.] yoga [Oxforder Handschriften 215,b,37.] prayoga [276,b,29.] vivāhetikartavyatā [28.fg.] dīkṣā [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 33.] kāla [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 43, 37. 98, 14.] [BṚH. 28 (26), 6.] samaya [Pañcatantra 188, 22.] vivāhāgni [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1, 8, 5.] caturthīkarman [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1046.] gṛha [Kathāsaritsāgara 34, 254.] aṣṭau strīvivāhāḥ acht Arten der Heirath [Manu’s Gesetzbuch.3,20. 26. fgg. 9,167.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch.1,58. fgg.] [Oxforder Handschriften 85,a,26. fg. 268,b. 41. 276,b,28.] gāndharveṇa vivāhena bahvyo rājarṣikanyakāḥ . śrūyante pariṇītāḥ [Śākuntala 71.] imāṃ gāndharveṇa vivāhavidhinopayamya [110, 14.] am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā [Kathāsaritsāgara 16, 70. 24, 32. 33, 214.] [Kullūka] zu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 97.] —
2) m. in dem Verse [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 7, 13] wird mit einem misslungenen Wortspiele von dem Asketen gesagt: der Athem ist sein Brod, das Kleid ist sein Haus, sein eigenes Aussehen sein Goldschmuck, paśavo vivāhāḥ die Hausthiere seine Fahrgelegenheiten (Sänften und dgl.) und zugleich seine Hochzeit, der Freund ist sein Weib u.s.w. Nach [Sāyaṇa] = viśeṣeṇa nirvāhakāḥ; es hat wohl ursprünglich vivāhaḥ sg. gestanden. —
3) n. eine best. grosse Zahl [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 168, 15. fg.] [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 181. 184.] —
4) m. als Name eines Windes in einem Citat beim [Scholiast] zu [Śākuntala 165] fehlerhaft für vivaha . — Vgl. ku, durvivāha .
Vivāha (विवाह) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Viāha, Vivāha.
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
Vivāha (विवाह) [Also spelled vivah]:—(nm) marriage, wedding, matrimony; -[utsava] nuptials, marriage celebrations; —[karanā] to marry, to wed; —[ke gīta] epithalamium, wedding songs; -[dveṣa] misogamy; -[baṃdhana] wedlock; -[yogya] marriageable; a match; •[āyu] marriageable age; -[viccheda] breaking of marriage; -[saṃbaṃdha] matrimonial relation; •[toḍanā] to divorce; to break the wedlock; -[saṃbaṃdhī/viṣayaka] matrimonial, nuptial; [vivāhotsava] nuptials, marriage celebrations.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Vivaha (विवह) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Vivah.
2) Vivāha (विवाह) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Vivāha.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Vivaha (ವಿವಹ):—
1) [noun] the act of carrying, conveying a load.
2) [noun] the act of marrying; a marriage; wedding.
3) [noun] one of the seven winds.
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Vivāha (ವಿವಾಹ):—
1) [noun] the act of carrying, conveying a load.
2) [noun] a device used to carry, convey something; a vehicle.
3) [noun] the act of marrying or the celebration itself; a marriage; wedding.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Vivāha (विवाह):—n. marriage; wedding; wedlock;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches (+0): Vaha, Vi, Na.
Starts with (+24): Vivaha-kara, Vivaha-pana, Vivaha-ppanam, Vivahabhushana, Vivahacaturthika, Vivahacatushtaya, Vivahadharma, Vivahadharmasutra, Vivahadiksha, Vivahadipika, Vivahadivasa, Vivahagriha, Vivahahoma, Vivahakala, Vivahakama, Vivahakamma, Vivahakarana, Vivahakarika, Vivahakarman, Vivahamandapa.
Full-text (+277): Durvivaha, Gandharvavivaha, Kuvivaha, Tulasivivaha, Paishacavivaha, Strivivaha, Punarvivaha, Vidhavavivaha, Dharmyavivaha, Vivahavesha, Vivahana, Avivaha, Mahavivaha, Vivahakala, Vivahahoma, Pritivivaha, Vivahapaddhati, Vivahapataha, Vivahaprakarana, Vivahanepathya.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 3.5.34 < [Chapter 5 - The Dispute Among the Gopas]
Verse 1.15.60 < [Chapter 15 - Revelation of the Universal Form to Nanda’s Wife]
Verse 1.15.61 < [Chapter 15 - Revelation of the Universal Form to Nanda’s Wife]
Indian Astronomy (a source book) (by B. V. Subbarayappa)
Yajnavalkya-smriti with Mitakshara and Viramitrodaya (by J. R. Gharpure)
Verse 1.13 < [Chapter 2 - The Celibacy]
Verse 1.58 < [Chapter 3 - Marriage]
Verse 2.47 < [Chapter 3a - On Recovery of Debts]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 581 < [Hindi-Malayalam-English Volume 2]
Page 82 < [Hindi-Malayalam-English Volume 3]
Page 272 < [Hindi-Malayalam-English Volume 2]
Women in the Atharva-veda Samhita (by Pranab Jyoti Kalita)
5d. Gifts to the Bride < [Chapter 3 - The Familial and Social Life of Women in the Atharvaveda]
Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)