Abhisheka, Abhiseka, Abhiṣeka: 42 definitions
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Abhisheka has 41 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Abhiṣeka can be transliterated into English as Abhiseka or Abhisheka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Abhishek.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAbhiṣeka (अभिषेक):—(von sic mit abhi) m.
1) Besprengung, Weihung durch Besprengung mit Wasser (namentl. zum Königthum) [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5, 3, 5, 6—9. u.s.w.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 8, 5. 21. u.s.w.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 15, 4, 39. 18, 5, 7.] rāmasya [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 3, 11. 1, 21.] [Pañcatantra 158, 22.] vibhīṣaṇābhi [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 3, 35.] [Pañcatantra 157, 22.] yadaiva rājye kriyate bhiṣekaḥ [III, 267.] rājyābhi [158, 18.] saināpatyābhi [Kathāsaritsāgara 20, 95.] abhiṣekodaka [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 61, 38.] pādukāsvabhiṣekaḥ [1, 3, 16.] Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 7, 13. 2, 6, 1, 5.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 334. 520. -] [Madhusūdanasarasvatī’s Prasthānabheda] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 21, 22.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1253. 1254.] [Colebrooke I, 39.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde I, 802. 811.] —
2) Weihwasser [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5, 4, 2, 4.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 15, 6, 8. 19, 4, 18.] saṃbhriyatāmāyupo rājyābhiṣekaḥ [Vikramorvaśī 85, 18.] upanīyatāṃ mantreṇa saṃbhṛtaḥ kumārasyābhiṣekaḥ [87, 10.] —
3) religiöse Abwaschung [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 6, 32.] kṛtābhiṣeko gaṅgāyām [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 44, 30.] so bhiṣekaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā tīrthe [?2, 23. 3, 5. 6. Mahābhārata 3, 6025. Hitopadeśa IV, 86. Raghuvaṃśa 1, 85. Kumārasaṃbhava 7, 11] (kā adj. f.). toye dharmābhiṣekakriyā [Śākuntala 171.]
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Abhiṣeka (अभिषेक):—
3) tīrthābhi [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 78, 17.] — Vgl. mahābhiṣeka und mūrdhābhiṣeka .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAbhiṣeka (अभिषेक):—m. —
1) Besprengung , Weihung durch Besprengung mit Wasser (namentlich zum Königthum). —
2) Weihwasser. —
3) vorgeschriebene Abwaschung [92,15.] [Kād. (1872) 42,6.]
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Ābhiṣeka (आभिषेक):—([Varāhamihira’s Yogayātrā 9,4]) ṣecanika Adj. (f. ī) auf die Königsweihe bezüglich , dazu dienend.
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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Starts with (+4): Abhisheka Nakshatra, Abhisheka-kkanikkai, Abhisheka-mandapa, Abhisheka-naman, Abhishekabhumi, Abhishekabhumipratilambha, Abhishekaha, Abhishekamahotsava, Abhishekamangala, Abhishekamantra, Abhishekambu, Abhishekamgey, Abhishekanem, Abhishekapaddhati, Abhishekapathavidhi, Abhishekapatra, Abhishekapratilambha, Abhishekaprayoga, Abhishekardrashiras, Abhishekashala.
Ends with (+38): Acaryabhisheka, Ajyabhisheka, Amritabhisheka, Annabhisheka, Candrabhisheka, Caturthabhisheka, Dikshabhisheka, Guhyabhisheka, Imdrabhisheka, Jalabhisheka, Janmabhisheka, Kalashabhisheka, Kanakabhisheka, Kaulikabhisheka, Kritabhisheka, Kshirabhisheka, Kumarabhisheka, Kumba-abhisheka, Kumbhabhisheka, Mahabhisheka.
Full-text (+140): Abhisega, Abhishekashala, Abhishekaha, Abhishecana, Abhishekya, Abhishekabhumipratilambha, Abhishekapatra, Rajyabhisheka, Abhishecanika, Vijay-abhisheka, Purnabhisheka, Abhishekardrashiras, Abhishishicana, Abhisekika, Abhishekanem, Katabhiseka, Pushyabhisheka, Dashabhumi, Ruttirapishekam, Khattiyabhiseka.
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