Akanya, Akanyā: 5 definitions
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Akanya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAkanyā (अकन्या):—(3. a + kanyā) f. ein Mädchen, das nicht mehr Mädchen ist: akanyeti tu yaḥ kanyāṃ brūyāt [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 225. 226.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAkanyā (अकन्या):—f. keine Jungfrau mehr.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Akanyarububa.
Ends with (+38): Abhirakanya, Ashtakanya, Bhadrakanya, Bhagirathakanya, Bhojakanya, Bhujamgakanya, Bhujangakanya, Brahmakanya, Dakshakanya, Devakanya, Gajakanya, Gandharvakanya, Gopakanya, Grihakanya, Kalakanya, Kalindakanya, Kaverakanya, Kicakanya, Kichakanya, Krodakanya.
Full-text: Agnisambhava, Bali.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 198 - Śūdrī Brāhmaṇī Tīrtha < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 9.118 < [Section XIV - Shares of Unmarried Sisters]
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
4a. Kuṣṭha-roga (leprosy) in the Atharvaveda < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Remedies in Atharvaveda and Caraka-Saṃhitā]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 1: Initiation, Mercury and Laboratory (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 18 - Mercurial operations (16): Incineration of mercury (bhasmikarana) < [Chapter IV-V - Mercurial operations]