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Results for उपाकर्मन्

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

उपाकर्मन्upākarmann.Preparation, beginning, commencement; अध्याय˚.
1. Preparation, beginning, commencement; अध्यायdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied.
2. A ceremony performed before commencing to read the Veda after the monsoons (Compare श्रावणी); अध्यायानामुपाकर्म श्रावण्यां श्रवणेन वा । हस्तेनौषधिभावे वा पञ्चम्यां श्रावणस्य तु ॥ Y.1.142; Ms.4.119.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

उपाकर्मन्upākarmann. preparation, setting about, commencement (esp. of reading the Veda वेद) Pa1rGr2. ii Mn. iv, 119 Ya1jn5.

neuter gender preparation, setting about, commencement (especially of reading the Veda वेद) Pa1rGr2. ii Mn. iv, 119 Ya1jn5.

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