Adhyagni: 8 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAdhyagni (अध्यग्नि):—(1. adhi + agni) adv. über dem Feuer (bei der Trauung): vivāhakāle yatstrībhyo dīyate hyagnisaṃnidhau . tadadhyagni kṛtaṃ sadbhiḥ strīdhanaṃ parikīrtitam .. [Kātyāyana] in [DĀY. 119, 8—10.] adhyagnyadhyāvāhanikaṃ dattaṃ (auch mit adhyagni zu verbinden) ca prītikarmaṇi . bhrātṛmātṛprāptaṃ ṣaḍvidhaṃ strīdhanaṃ smṛtaṃ .. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 194.] adhyagnyupāgatam [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 143.] Viṣṇu in [DĀY. 116, 5.] Nārada ebend. [118, 1.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAdhyagni (अध्यग्नि):—Adv. über dem Feuer (bei der Trauung).
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Starts with: Adhyagnikrita.
Full-text: Adhyagnikrita, Adhyagnyupagata, Stridhana.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 9.194 < [Section XXV - Strīdhana (property of the wife)]
Yajnavalkya-smriti (Vyavaharadhyaya)—Critical study (by Kalita Nabanita)
Chapter 3.5c - Strīdhana (women’s property) [Stridhan] < [Chapter 3 - The Social Aspect Depicted in the Vyavahārādhyāya]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)