Aposhana, Āpośana, Apośana, Āpośāna, Apośāna: 11 definitions
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Aposhana has 9 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Āpośana and Apośana and Āpośāna and Apośāna can be transliterated into English as Aposana or Aposhana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchĀpośāna (आपोशान):—n. Name einer vor und nach dem Essen gesprochenen Gebetsformel [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 31. 106.] Wohl aus apo śāna geniesse das Wasser, womit das Gebet begann, gebildet; vgl. [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 11, 5, 4, 5.]
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Āpośāna (आपोशान):—ist das Mundausspülen, welches mit den Sprüchen [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1, 24, 13. 28] geschieht.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungĀpośāna (आपोशान):—n. das vor und nach dem Essen unter den Worten āpośāna zu vollziehende Mundausspülen.
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: Aposhanamgol, Aposhanavidhi.
Ends with: Bharanaposhana, Garbhaposhana, Grihaposhana, Pakshaposhana, Palanaposhana, Prishthaposhana, Svaposhana, Taposhana, Udaraposhana, Upaposhana, Vittaposhana.
Full-text: Aposhni, Aposhanamgol, Aposhisu, Arala, Apocanam.
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