Abhishecana, Abhisecana, Abhiṣecana: 18 definitions
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Abhishecana has 16 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Abhiṣecana can be transliterated into English as Abhisecana or Abhishecana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Abhishechana.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAbhiṣecana (अभिषेचन):—(von sic mit abhi) n. das Weihen zur Königswürde: bharatasya [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 1, 22. 4, 18, 14. 5, 31, 13.] [Amaruśataka 95.] [Raghuvaṃśa 8, 3.] yauvarājyābhi [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 26, 3.]
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Abhiṣecana (अभिषेचन):—auch überh. Besprengung, Uebergiessung: kiṃ tasya puṣkarajalairabhiṣecanena [Mahābhārata 1, 655.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11, 27, 35.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAbhiṣecana (अभिषेचन):—n. —
1) das Besprengen , Uebergiessen. —
2) das Weihen (insbes. zum Königthum).
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: Secana, Abhi.
Ends with: Mahabhishecana, Murdhabhishecana, Padabhishecana, Pattabhishecana, Rajyabhishecana.
Full-text: Abhishecanika, Abhishechan, Ahisimcana, Shvobhavin, Abhisheka, Bheri, Abhishecaniya.
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