Maithuna: 19 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMaithuna (मैथुन):—(von mithuna)
1) adj. f. ī a) gepaart, ein Paar verschiedenen Geschlechts bildend: gāndharvyaḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 27, 14.] — b) verschwägert: saṃyuktaṃ maithunaṃ vā [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 3, 10.] — c) zur Begattung in Beziehung stehend: sparśāḥ die Gefühle der Wollust beim Beischlaf [Kaṭhopaniṣad 4, 3.] strīṇāṃ bhoge ca maithune [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 100.] dārakarmaṇi maithune das mit der Begattung in Zusammenhang stehende Heirathen, dieselbe bezweckend [3, 5.] na caiṣāṃ maithuno dharmo babhūva so v. a. bei ihnen fand keine Begattung statt [Mahābhārata 12, 7255. 7257.] vāsas ein Kleidungsstück, welches man beim Beischlaf anhat, [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 116.] —
2) n. Paarung, Begattung [Yāska’s Nirukta 8, 10.] [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 5, 15. 3, 4, 18, 124. 6, 1, 4.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 538.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 401.] [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 108.] [Halāyudha 5, 52.] [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 3, 9, 6.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10, 4, 4, 4.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 2, 1, 8. 25, 4, 27.] [MAITRYUP. 3, 4.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 56.] [Mahābhārata 4, 832. 13, 1499.] [Suśruta 1, 72, 9.] [Spr. 379. 409.] krayakrīta [1743.] mṛtaṃ maithunamaprajam [?2244. 5275. WILSON, Sel. Works 1, 256. Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 903.] jvara [Mahābhārata 13, 1516.] naṃ car [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 141.] yā [Mahābhārata 13, 4521.] gam [4570.] gata im Beischlaf begriffen [1, 3812.] gamana [Suśruta 1, 317, 4.] maithunameti [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 45, 12.] ya āste nam [Oxforder Handschriften 91,b,23.] maithunāyopacakratuḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 37, 5.] maithunāyopajagmatuḥ [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 1, 38, 7.] vidagdhamaithunopagamana [Suśruta 1, 80, 5.] yatra maithunairedhire prajāḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 21, 1.] ta enaṃ lolupatayā maithunāyābhipedire [20, 23.] maithunaṃ tu samāsevya puṃsi yoṣiti vā [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 174. 67.] maithunābhighāta, ati [Suśruta 1, 263, 6. 290, 12.] [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH. 1, 6, 12.] Am Ende eines adj. comp. (f. ā): saṃvṛta [Harivaṃśa 1365.] spṛṣṭamaithunā [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 205.] saṃsṛṣṭa [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 135.] akṛtapuruṣāntara [Kullūka] zu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 160.] maithuna = saṃgati, saṃgata, saṃbandha Vereinigung, Verbindung [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 18, 124.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMaithuna (मैथुन):——
1) Adj. (f. ī) — a) gepaart , ein Paar verschiedenen Geschlechts bildend. — b) verschwägert. — c) zur Begattung in Beziehung stehend , bei der B. stattfindend , — getragen (Kleid) , B. bezwecken. dharma m. so v.a. Begattung. —
2) n. — a) Paarung , Begattung. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā. — b) *Vereinigng , Verbindung.
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Starts with: Maithunabhashana, Maithunabhighata, Maithunadharmin, Maithunagamana, Maithunagata, Maithunajvara, Maithunasahatva, Maithunavairagya, Maittunamai, Maittunan, Maittunattolan.
Ends with (+3): Asprishtamaithuna, Atimaithuna, Dyumaithuna, Gandhamaithuna, Gudamaithuna, Gudhamaithuna, Hastamaithuna, Kakamaithuna, Karnamaithuna, Mamsamaithuna, Mushtimaithuna, Niyatamaithuna, Prakirnamaithuna, Prishthamaithuna, Samalingi-maithuna, Samsprishtamaithuna, Samsrishtamaithuna, Samyatamaithuna, Shvanamaithuna, Sprishtamaithuna.
Full-text (+69): Yatamaithuna, Gudhamaithuna, Maithunajvara, Atimaithuna, Gandhamaithuna, Yatimaithuna, Maithunadharmin, Maithunagamana, Maithunagata, Maithunibhava, Maithunavairagya, Maithunya, Pancamakara, Maithunika, Maithunin, Samyatamaithuna, Apraja, Pancatattva, Avacya, Maithunopagamana.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 4.116 < [Section XIII - Days unfit for Study]
Verse 11.67 < [Section VI - Offences: their Classification]
Verse 11.174 < [Section XIX - Expiation for Wrongful Sexual Intercourse]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verses 4.8.26-27 < [Chapter 8 - In the Story of the Yajña-sītās, the Glories of Ekādaśī]
Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 7.16 - Definition of abrahma (unchastity) < [Chapter 7 - The Five Vows]
Verse 7.1 - Classification of the (fivefold) vow (vrata) < [Chapter 7 - The Five Vows]
Kamashastra Discourse (Life in Ancient India) (by Nidheesh Kannan B.)
3. Tāntric Sexuality < [Chapter 5 - Looking for Alternatives: Possibilities in Kāmaśāstra]
2. Human Life: Sexuality and Spirituality < [Chapter 5 - Looking for Alternatives: Possibilities in Kāmaśāstra]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Women in the Atharva-veda Samhita (by Pranab Jyoti Kalita)
2. Rites Related to Birth (b): Garbhādhāna < [Chapter 5 - Women in the Rites and Rituals of the Atharvaveda]
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