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Results for निकायिन्

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Apte Dictionary

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

निकायिन्nikāyinm.(pl.) Serial sacrifices; निकायः एषां ते निकायिनः । ŚB. on MS.8.1.19; निकायिनां च पूर्वस्योत्तरेषु प्रवृत्तिः…

(Plural) Serial sacrifices; निकायः एषां ते निकायिनः । ŚB. on MS.8.1.19; निकायिनां च पूर्वस्योत्तरेषु प्रवृत्तिः स्यात् MS.8.1.19.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

निकायिन्nikāyinm. N. of a partic. sacrifice L.
1. masculine gender Name of a particular sacrifice Lexicographers
2. masculine gender (read) a series of sacrifices having all the same name but different rewards, A1pY.
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