Madhuprashana, Madhuprāśana, Madhu-prashana: 4 definitions
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Madhuprashana 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.
The Sanskrit term Madhuprāśana can be transliterated into English as Madhuprasana or Madhuprashana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMadhuprāśana (मधुप्राशन).—one of the sixteen purificatory Samskāras (which consists in putting a little honey into the mouth of a new-born male child).
Derivable forms: madhuprāśanam (मधुप्राशनम्).
Madhuprāśana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madhu and prāśana (प्राशन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMadhuprāśana (मधुप्राशन).—n.
(-naṃ) One of the sixteen purificatory rites, consisting in putting a little honey into the month of a new-born child.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMadhuprāśana (मधुप्राशन):—[=madhu-prāśana] [from madhu] n. putting a little honey into the mouth of a new-born male infant (one of the 12 Saṃskāras or purificatory rites of the Hindūs), [Religious Thought and Life in India 358.]
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.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryMadhuprāśana (मधुप्राशन):—n. one of the sixteen purificatory samskaras (संस्कार [saṃskāra] ) (rites) which consists in putting a little honey into the mouth of a new born male-child;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Prashana, Madhu, Matu.
Full-text: Madhuprashan.
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