Namadvadashi, Nāmadvādaśī, Naman-dvadashi: 6 definitions
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Namadvadashi 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.
Namadvadashi has 4 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Nāmadvādaśī can be transliterated into English as Namadvadasi or Namadvadashi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNāmadvādaśī (नामद्वादशी):—(nāman + dvā) f. eine best. religiöse Cerimonie, bei der Durgā unter ihren zwölf Namen (gaurī, kālī, umā, bhadrā, durgā, kānti, sarasvatī, maṅgalā, vaiṣṇavī, lakṣmī, śivā, nārāyaṇī) verehrt wird, [Śabdakalpadruma] [Wilson’s Wörterbuch]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNāmadvādaśī (नामद्वादशी):—f. eine best. religiöse Ceremonie , bei der Durgā unter ihren zwölf Namen verehrt wird.
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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Partial matches: Nama, Dvadashi.
Ends with: Sunamadvadashi.
Full-text: Sunamadvadashi.
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