Adhana, Ādhāna, Ādhana: 21 definitions

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Adhana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi. 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.

Adhana has 20 English definitions available.

Alternative spellings of this word include Adhan.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Adhana (अधन):—(3. a + dhana) adj. keinen eigenen Besitz habend, besitzlos: bhāryā putraśca dāsaśca traya evādhanāḥ smṛtāḥ . yatte samadhigacchanti yasya te tasya taddhanam .. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 416.] unbemittelt, arm [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 179] (vgl. corrigg.). [Nalopākhyāna 17, 43] (Gegens. samṛddha). [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 15, 18. 3, 4, 20.] [Suśruta 2, 79, 12.] [Pañcatantra II, 110.]

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Ādhāna (आधान):—

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Ādhāna (आधान):—

1) utsannāgnerdāhārthaṃ mṛtādhānaprayogaḥ das Drauflegen des Todten [Oxforder Handschriften 294,b,18.] —

2) [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 379.] —

4) lies Pfand st. Pand.

5) avaśyaṃ vinayādhānaṃ kāryamadya mayā tava das Beibringen [Mahābhārata 13, 4633.] ātmanīva priyādhānam das Erweisen eines Liebesdienstes [MAHĀVĪRAC. 92, 16.] javādhānabala so v. a. Kraft mit Geschwindigkeit verbunden [Kathāsaritsāgara 67, 25.] —

7) lies Zügel oder Pferdegeschirr überh. und füge [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 6, 3, 9] hinzu. — Vgl. āvasathyādhāna, purīṣādhāna, bhagādhāna .

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Ādhāna (आधान):—

1) das Hinzufügen [VĀMANA 1, 3, 16.] —

8) Zaum, Gebiss; s. nirādhāna weiter unten.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Adhana (अधन):—Adj. keinen eigenen Besitz habend , besitzlos ; unbemittelt , arm [147,22.] zu [Indische sprüche 2939.]

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Ādhāna (आधान):—n.

1) das Anlegen , Zulegen , Darauflegen.

2) = āgnyādhāna das Anlegen des heiligen Feuers [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2,1,4,29.] —

3) = garbhādhāna Befruchtung , eine der Befruchtung vorangehende Ceremonie.

4) das Mondhaus der Befruchtung [Jyotiṣa zum Av 10,1,11,2.] —

5) das Hinzufügen.

6) das Bewirken , Hervorbringen [Mahābhārata 13,96,5.] [Meghadūta 3.] [Raghuvaṃśa 1,24.] [Mahāvīracarita 92,16.] [Sāhityadarpaṇa 10,13.] [Böhtlingk’s Sanskrit-Chresthomathie 235,26.] —

7) Verpfändung.

8) Behälter.

9) Zaum , Gebiss.

10) verwechselt mit ādhāra [Kathāsaritsāgara 67,25.]

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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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