Vayanaka, Vāyanaka: 2 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVāyanaka (वायनक).—
1) A present of sweetmeats made to a deity, particularly to a Brāhmaṇa, on festive occasions; observance of fasts &c.
2) A kind of perfume.
Derivable forms: vāyanakam (वायनकम्).
See also (synonyms): vāyana.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVāyanaka (वायनक):—n. sweetmeats or cakes which may be eaten during a religious feast, presents of sweetmeats etc. (forming part of an offering to a deity or prepared on festive occasions, such as marriages etc.), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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